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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Hotten finds the lower court improperly found that evidence is insufficient to support suspension of a driver’s license. A state trooper stopped the driver after observing him cross the white line on a roadway. The driver failed several field sobriety tests but passed a breath test, and was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving while impaired by alcohol, driving while impaired by drugs, negligent driving, reckless driving, and failing to obey properly placed traffic control device instructions. An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) found there was sufficient evidence to support the decision to stop the driver and because the driver refused testing after his arrest, his license was properly suspended. The driver appealed to a circuit court, and despite never viewing the dashcam footage of the incident, found there was not sufficient evidence to support the ALJ’s findings. The instant court disagrees with the circuit court’s decision and finds the ALJ made the correct determination.