Legal Opinion
Burnett v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided November 10, 2011No. A-10715PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
On September 20, 2009, at about 12:30 in the morning, a state trooper observed a vehicle stopped at an intersection. As the trooper watched, the vehicle "peeled out"-spinning its tires as it accelerated-and made a left turn. The trooper stopped the vehicle and, as a result of this stop, the trooper gathered information tending to show that the operator of the vehicle, Vernon Burnett, was intoxicated. Burnett was charged with driving under the influence, and he was later convicted of this offense.
Before his trial, Burnett asked the district court to suppress all of the…
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