State v. Williams

STEELMAN, Judge.

At the hearing on defendant’s motion to suppress, the trial court did not place the burden of proof upon defendant. The trial court did not err in finding that the officers had probable cause to arrest defendant for driving while impaired and denying defendant’s motion to suppress.

*637I. Factual and Procedural Background

Police respondedlo a one-car accident at approximately 4:00 a.m. on 20 January 2011 in Morrisville. When police arrived, Dante Daon Williams (defendant) was lying on the ground behind the car and appeared very intoxicated. No other person was present when police…