State v. Norton

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] The State has appealed an order granting, in part, Nevada Earl Norton’s motion to suppress evidence. We dismiss the appeal, because the State’s notice of appeal was not accompanied by the statutorily required statement of the prosecuting attorney.

[¶ 2] On October 2, 1999, a North Dakota Highway Patrol officer discovered a vehicle parked on 1-94 Exit 110. The officer asked Norton, who was in the driver’s seat of the parked vehicle, to get into the officer’s patrol car. After Norton was in the patrol car, the officer asked Norton for his driver’s license. Norton told…