Shiflett v. Commonwealth

ELIZABETH A. McCLANAHAN, Judge.

Michael Paul Shiflett appeals his misdemeanor conviction, on a conditional guilty plea, for driving after having been adjudicated an habitual offender in violation of Code § 46.2-357. Shiflett contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence of the violation because the officer who stopped him lacked a reasonable, articulable suspicion of unlawful conduct to justify an investigatory traffic stop. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the decision of the trial court.

I. Background

In reviewing the trial court’s denial of Shiflett’s motion…