Commonwealth v. Johnson

By Judge David W. Lannetti

Today the Court rules on the Motion To Suppress filed by Defendant Sean Garrett Johnson. The only issue before the Court is whether the stopping officer had reasonable, articulable suspicion to conduct an investigatory traffic stop of Johnson’s vehicle for suspected driving under the influence (“DUI”). The Court finds based on the totality of the circumstances, including the stopping officer’s experience, the multiple instances of weaving within the lane and on top of the lane marker, and the mistaken but reasonable belief that Johnson had committed a traffic…