State of Maine v. Herbert R. Simmons Sr.

[¶ 1] This appeal raises the question of whether a game warden’s uncontrovertéd observation of a vehicle making an'“unnecessarily” wide right turn partially into the oncoming travel lane of an intersecting roadway can support the suppression court’s finding that the warden had the' reasonable articulable suspicion necessary to stop the vehicle. .

[¶2] Herbert R. Simmons Sr. appeals from a judgment' of conviction for operating under the influence (Class D), 29-A M.R.S. § 2411(1-A)(A) (2015), entered' in the District Court (Wiseasset, Billings, J.) on his conditional guilty plea. Simmons…