Clarke v. Commonwealth

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• holding that a suspect’s bloodshot eyes, erratic speech pattern, and the odor of alcohol about the suspect’s person provided probable cause to arrest him for public intoxication
• holding that a suspect’s bloodshot eyes and erratic speech pattern and the odor of alcohol about his person provided probable cause to arrest him for public intoxication
• holding that a suspect's bloodshot eyes and erratic speech pattern and the odor of alcohol about the suspect's person provided probable cause to arrest him for public intoxication
• holding that where the defendant merely reached behind his seat towards a seat pocket containing a firearm, this action, combined with other circumstances, supported an inference that he constructively possessed it
• holding that a defendant was aware of a firearm’s presence in a vehicle when the defendant was the sole occupant and reached to the area where the firearm was found when an officer approached the vehicle
• noting that the test for reasonable suspicion is \less stringent than the test for probable cause\

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