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P #ckdd_Ardena_ԀJ.Garth,DistrictPublicDefender;#ddckandWilliamA.Dobson,Jr.(attrial)andDonnaRobinson ( Miller(onappeal),AssistantDistrictPublicDefenders,fortheappellant,GradyPaul_Daverson_.  PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporter;ThomasE.Williams,III,AssistantAttorney  General;WilliamH.Cox,III,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;andThomasE.Kimball,AssistantDistrict  AttorneyGeneral,fortheappellee,StateofTennessee. t   OPINION L   #XXP8#XPX    #XXP #XPXOnMarch15,2000,Tracy_Roberson_,adeputywiththeHamiltonCountySheriffs $"t! Department,wasworkingparttimeasaprivatesecurityguardattheLakeshoreMarinain_Hixson_ #`" whenheobservedthedefendantwalkunsteadilytohiscarandthendriveerraticallyintheparking #L# lot.Deputy_Roberson_Ԁtestifiedhefollowedthedefendant,whodrovefromtheparkinglottohis $8 $ apartmentusingapublicroad.Deputy_Roberson_Ԁstatedthatafterthedefendantexitedhiscar,he %$!% askedthedefendanttotalktohim.Hesaidhecouldsmellalcoholonthedefendantsbreath,and &"& thedefendantconfirmedhehadbeendrinking.Deputy_Roberson_Ԁsaidthedefendantwaitedwhile '"' theofficercontactedtheChattanoogaPoliceDepartment. (#(   OfficerMarcBenderrespondedtoDeputy_Roberson_srequestforassistance.OfficerBender p*%* testifiedthedefendantwasalreadyoutofhisvehiclewhenhearrived.AccordingtoOfficerBender, \+&+ Deputy_Roberson_Ԁtoldhimwhatheobserved.OfficerBenderstatedhethenspokewiththe H,', defendant.Basedonhisownobservations,heconcludedthedefendanthadbeendrinkingand 4-(- _arrestedhimfordrivingundertheinfluence.Thedefendantagreedtotakeabloodalcoholtest,  whichshowedhisbloodalcoholleveltobe.31percent.    Thedefendantwasindictedfordrivingundertheinfluence,fourthorsubsequentoffense,a t ClassEfelony.SeeTenn.CodeAnn.5510403(a)(1).Hefiledamotiontosuppresstheevidence ` obtainedasaresultofhisarrest,whichwasdeniedbythetrialcourt.Ajurylaterconvictedthe L  defendantaschargedintheindictment. 8    Thedefendantcontendsthetrialcourterredindenyinghismotiontosuppress.More  ` specifically,hecontendshisarrestwasillegalbecauseOfficerBenderarrestedhimfora  L  misdemeanor,drivingundertheinfluence,eventhoughtheofficerdidnotobservethedefendant  8  drivingorinphysicalcontrolofthevehicle. $  @dd! STANDARDOFREVIEW      XPXXXPThefindingsoffactmadebythetrialcourtatthehearingonamotiontosuppressarebinding   uponthiscourtunlesstheevidencecontainedintherecordpreponderatesagainstthem.Statev. p Ross,49S.W.3d833,839(Tenn.2001).Theprevailingpartyisentitledtothestrongestlegitimate \ viewoftheevidenceandallreasonableandlegitimateinferencesthatmaybedrawnfromthat H evidence.Statev.Hicks,55S.W.3d515,521(Tenn.2001).However,theapplicationofthelaw 4 tothefactsfoundbythetrialcourtarequestionsoflawthatthiscourtreviewsdenovo.Statev.  p Daniel,12S.W.3d420,423(Tenn.2000).#XPXXXP#  \    @ MISDEMEANORARREST  4     InTennessee,alawenforcementofficermaynotmakeawarrantlessmisdemeanorarrest   unlessthedefendantcommitsorthreatenstocommittheoffenseinhispresence.SeeTenn.Code  Ann.407103(a)(1).Recognizingthatlawenforcementofficersoftenworkasateam,thiscourt  haspreviouslyheldthisrequirementmaybesatisfiedwhenanofficerreliesuponinformation  obtainedfromotherofficersinmakingawarrantlessmisdemeanorarrest.SeeStatev.Ash,12 l S.W.3d800,806(Tenn.Crim.App.1999).Anofficersuseofreliableinformationfromanother X  officerdoesnotviolatethestatutespurpose toprotectcitizensfromharassmentandbaseless D! arrests.Seeid. 0"  #ccdd  Inthecaseunderreview,itisundisputedthatOfficerBenderdidnotobservethedefendant $X" #bbccdriveorassertphysicalcontroloverhisvehicle.Instead,OfficerBenderrelieduponDeputy $D # #ddbbRobersonsobservationsthatthedefendant,whoappearedtobeintoxicated,drovehisvehicleinan %0!$ erraticmannerintheLakeshoreMarinaparkinglotandthendrovehomeusingapublicroad.#ccddOfficer &"% #ddccBendertestifiedhisownobservationsalsoledhimtobelievethedefendanthadbeendrinking. '#& DeputyRobersonprovidedreliableinformationsufficienttosatisfythestatutoryrequirementthat (#' themisdemeanoroccurinthepresenceofthearrestingofficer.Further,wenoteDeputyRoberson )$( himselfhadtheauthoritytoarrestthedefendanthadhechosentodoso.SeeStatev.Horace |*%) Durham,No.01C019503CC00056,1995Tenn.Crim.App.LEXIS911,at**45(Tenn.Crim. h+&* App.Nov.16,1995,atNashville)(holdinganoffdutypoliceofficer,likeanyprivatecitizen,may  makeanarrestforamisdemeanorcommittedinhispresence);seealsoTenn.CodeAnn.407  109(a)(1)(authorizinga privatepersontoarrestanotherfora publicoffensecommittedinthe  arrestingpersonspresence). t   Accordingly,weaffirmthejudgmentofthetrialcourt.0   x L  (# (# ̀0  0` (#(#0 ` (#` (#0 (# (#0h(#(#0h(#h(#0(#(#____________________________________ L (#(#    `     h     JOEG.RILEY,JUDGE