State v. Kleven
Annotate this CaseDefendant was arrested and charged with driving under the influence after police officers approached a parked vehicle and found Defendant in the driver’s seat and smelled the odor of alcohol. Defendant filed a motion to suppress, asserting that the officer did not have reasonable suspicion to support the intrusion. The circuit court denied the motion to suppress, holding that the officer’s investigation was justified under the community caretaker exception to the warrant requirement. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the circuit court did not err when it concluded that the community caretaker exception to the warrant requirement applied and thus denied Defendant’s motion to suppress.
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