State v. Brister

The state appeals a ruling on a pretrial motion which suppressed "all evidence which derived directly or indirectly from the actions of police officers in demanding the defendant’s driver’s license.”

We take the material facts from the trial court’s findings contained in the extensive memorandum opinion. Two police officers patrolling in a police vehicle observed defendant driving a vehicle which had no license plates. They observed no moving violations or equipment defects. The officers stopped the vehicle defendant was driving by use of blue flashing lights. One police officer testified the…