State v. Blankenship

OPINION

DUNCAN, Presiding Judge.

The defendant, Bobby Wayne Blankenship, pled guilty to a charge of driving while intoxicated and reserved the right to appeal a certified question of law. He was sentenced to six months in the Loudon County Jail, * was fined $250.00, and had his driving privileges revoked for one year.

The issue preserved for appeal is whether the initial stop of defendant’s automobile was lawful and whether the evidence of intoxication should therefore have been suppressed.

In its appellate brief, the State argues that the issue was not properly reserved and therefore the…