P. v. Tippins CA1/1
A jury convicted defendant Scedrick Tippins of two felonies and a misdemeanor based on an October 2016 incident of drunk driving. In a separate case, he pleaded no contest to the same three crimes based on a January 2017 incident of drunk driving. He was sentenced to ten years and four months in prison.
On appeal, Tippins contends only that the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress the results of two preliminary alcohol screening (PAS) tests—which demonstrate a person’s “approximate blood alcohol content based upon [his or her] breath”—administered during the October 2016 incident. We conclude that substantial evidence supports the court’s finding that Tippins voluntarily consented to take the tests, and we therefore affirm his convictions in both cases. We remand, however, for the trial court to address minor sentencing issues and errors in the abstracts of judgment.
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