Legal Opinion
Morgan v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided July 13, 2007No. A-9579PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
Late in the evening on September 15, 2005, Dennis R. Morgan pulled out of a restaurant parking lot onto the Richardson Highway without using his turn signal-in apparent violation of 13 AAC 1 State Trooper Brian Wassmann, who was parked nearby, saw Morgan leave the parking lot without signaling. He pursued Morgan's vehicle and pulled him over.
During Wassmann's contact with Morgan, the trooper observed indications that Morgan might be intoxicated. Morgan admitted that he had consumed two or three beers. Wass-mann administered field sobriety tests to Morgan-and, after…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Cooksey v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- Nease v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2005
3Cited by1 opinion
- Chase v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2010