State v. Parker

¶1 John Parker (Parker) appeals from the decision of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained during a consensual search of an automobile and denying his motion for directed verdict based on a variance between the State of Montana’s (State’s) affidavit in support of leave to file the information and the evidence it presented at trial. We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

¶2 On November 22,1995, Officer Joseph Campbell (Officer Campbell) was patrolling traffic on Interstate 90 near Billings, Montana. Officer Campbell was…