WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 1296.

853 P.2d 537 (1993)

Francis E. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

June 4, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffry B. Wildridge, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks, and John B. Salemi, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

Jacquelyn L. Parris, Asst. Dist. Atty., Harry L. Davis, Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, and Charles E. Cole, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before BRYNER, C.J., and COATS and MANNHEIMER, JJ.


OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Francis E. Williams appeals his conviction for driving while intoxicated, AS 28.35.030(a), challenging the legality of the traffic stop that led to his arrest. We affirm.

In the early morning of March 23, 1992, Alaska State Trooper Theodore Norris stopped Williams for having a broken taillight that was emitting white light to the rear. At the later suppression hearing, Williams conceded that his taillight lens had been...

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