A police officer witnessed a bar patron exit a bar with an open bottle in his hand, get into a car, and turn the wrong way from
the bar's parking lot onto a one-way street. The officer immediately turned on his siren and pursued the car for a couple of miles. During that pursuit, the car repeatedly weaved in and out of its lane of traffic. Eventually, the car pulled over, and the officer placed the driver under arrest for drunk driving. After handcuffing the driver and placing him in the back seat of his squad car, the officer looked under a blanket lying on the floor of the car's passenger compartment. Under the blanket, he found an open bottle of beer. Before his trial on charges of drunk driving and driving with an open container of alcohol in the car, the defendant moves to suppress from evidence the open bottle of beer. Should the motion be granted
Denied, because the officer has reason to believe that the car contained evidence of the crime for which the defendant was arrested
Explanation:
Motion is an application for a court order. motions are raised for several reasons. There are motions for an extension of time in which to respond to a complaint. While there are others raised to dismiss evidence or cases. It all depends on what the lawyer wants for thier client.
They can also relate to more substantial evidentiary issues such as motions for summary judgment. The court orders from motions raised may actually cancel or dispose of the entire case. For example, if a motion for summary judgment is granted, judgment is entered in favor of one party without further court proceedings, and the action in the trial court will end.
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