The June 8 opinion column by Gary Bonnett, ``Court was right to overturn drug conviction," was wrong.

To begin with, a police officer has more reasons to pull a driver over than the intention to make an arrest. Surely the possibility existed, especially late at night, that the man was about to fall asleep causing harm to himself and possibly to others should faster-moving traffic appear shortly thereafter. The fact that Rowe was driving 50-55 mph on an interstate highway might also suggest to a cop that the driver was having car trouble. Jones was doing his duty, not violating Rowe's rights.

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