Sablan

Vicente Sabían appeals from his conviction for driving without a vehicle registration, speeding, reckless driving, and driving under the influence of alcohol. He was convicted by the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and the Supreme Court of the CNMI affirmed. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

In the early morning hours, Officer Vicente Mareham stopped Sablan’s car for travelling at a high speed. In response to Mareham’s requests, Sabían produced his driver’s license but not his vehicle registration. Mareham observed that Sabían had bloodshot eyes and detected a strong odor of alcohol on Sablan’s breath; in response to a question, Sabían admitted he had been drinking. Mareham then asked Sabían to perform field sobriety tests, including a coordination test that required him to extend his arms and then touch his fingertips to the tip of his nose; Sabían failed the test. Mareham arrested Sabían for, among other offenses, driving under the influence of alcohol and took him to the Department of Public Safety. There, Officer Franklin Babauta observed that Sablan’s face was red, that his…