State v. Watson

STROUD, Judge.

Defendant appeals from the trial court's order denying his motion to suppress and judgments convicting him of driving while impaired, assault on a government official/employee, communicating threats, and malicious conduct by a prisoner. We vacate defendant's judgment for malicious conduct by a prisoner, dismiss defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel argument without prejudice, affirm the trial court's order denying defendant's motion to suppress, and conclude there was no error with the remaining judgments.

I. Background

The State's evidence showed that on 17 May 2016,…