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Facts

• The Defendant was convicted for DWI and failure to maintain lane after an officer observed the Defendant swerving and crossing lane lines without signaling, nearly colliding with a curb.

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Defendant-Appellant: Argued that the officer lacked reasonable suspicion to initiate the traffic stop and contended that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction for failure to maintain lane.
• Plaintiff-Appellee: Supported the convictions, arguing that the officer's observations provided reasonable suspicion for the stop and sufficient evidence for the failure to maintain lane conviction.

Legal Issues

• Whether the officer had reasonable suspicion to initiate the traffic stop.
• Whether there was sufficient evidence to support the conviction for failure to maintain lane.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions for DWI and failure to maintain lane.

Reasons

• Per Timothy L. Garcia, J. (James J. Wechsler, J., and J. Miles Hanisee, J., concurring): The Court found the officer's observations of the Defendant's swerving and near-collision provided reasonable suspicion for the traffic stop and sufficient evidence for the failure to maintain lane conviction. The Court declined to depart from precedent established in State v. Salas, which supported the legitimacy of the stop and the conviction based on similar observations. The Court rejected the Defendant's argument that the absence of adverse impact on other motorists negated the applicability of the statute regarding maintaining a lane, citing the broad language of the statute and the persuasive reasoning in Salas as supporting the conviction (paras 1-5).