Court Opinion

ID: 9773698
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 17:55:08.59661+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:56.381183
License: Public Domain

BARNES, Judge,
concurring.
I begrudgingly concur here. I respect Judge Bradford’s analysis, but write to *37emphasize that only the unique and rare circumstances at play in this case allow me to vote to concur. If police had not been forced to initially pull McCaa over at a location that caused him to block all traffic on a well-traveled highway, which necessitated having McCaa continue driving to a different location so that FSTs could safely be administered, my vote might not be the same. No mistake should be made that law enforcement officers could or should allow a person to drive a vehicle, observe the driver, and buttress their probable cause because of these observations. These circumstances are the proverbial “once in a lifetime,” fortunately for police.