Darryl Dimascio v. Municipality Anchorage

Darryl Dimascio pleaded no contest to driving while intoxicated (DWI), AMC 09.28.020(A), and driving while license suspended
(DWLS), AMC 09.12.010(B). When entering these pleas, he reserved his right to appeal the district court's denial of his motion
to suppress the evidence supporting the charges. See Oveson v. Anchorage, 574 P.2d 801, 803 n.4 (Alaska 1978), and Cooksey
v. State, 524 P.2d 1251, 1255-56 (Alaska 1974). Dimascio argues that the stop of his car by Anchorage Police Officer Gareth
Stillman was not supported by reasonable suspicion. We affirm. At the hearing on the motion to dismiss, Officer Stillman testified that he was driving on Fairbanks Street in the Fairview
neighborhood of Anchorage at about 4:30 a.m. on March 18, 1990, when he saw a Mercury automobile stopped in the middle of
the road. A man stood in the street next to the car, talking to the driver through the car window. As Stillman approached
in his police car, the man on foot ran away from the Mercury and into an alley. The driver of the Mercury put the car in motion
and drove slowly down the street.