Roberson v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

On March 20, 1996, defendant Jay Roberson was stopped for speeding in Murray County while he was driving a tractor-trailer. Roberson holds a commercial motor vehicle driver’s license from North Carolina. As the arresting officer was in the process of issuing a Uniform Traffic Citation (“UTC”) for speeding, he detected an odor of alcohol on Roberson. He administered an aleo-sensor test, and Roberson registered .09 percent. The officer placed Roberson under arrest for driving under the influence (“DUI”) while operating a commercial motor vehicle. Roberson was given the implied…