Legal Opinion
Grohs v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided August 12, 2005No. A-8753PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
Gary L. Grohs was stopped for not having an illuminated rear license plate. 1 Based on the state trooper’s observations during this traffic stop, Grohs was arrested for driving under the influence. Grohs then refused to submit to a breath test. Based on this episode, and based on Grohs’s prior convictions for driving while intoxicated, Grohs was indicted for felony driving under the influence and felony breath test refusal. 2
Following his indictment, Grohs asked the superior court to dismiss the charges. Grohs contended that the traffic stop had been pre-textual, and…
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