State v. K. Massey

¶1 Appellant Kelly Ray Massey, Jr. (Massey) appeals the order of the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, denying his motion to suppress. We affirm and address the following issue:

Did the District Court err by determining there was particularized suspicion for the traffic stop of Massey’s vehicle?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶2 At approximately 1:00 a.m. on June 16, 2014, Trooper Lynwood Bateman observed a sport-utility vehicle with black plastic, logo-style covers on its tail lights, and initiated a traffic stop because the covers appeared to obscure and diminish the…