State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Noel Cortez, Appellant
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Appellant challenges the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence. Appellant, the back-seat passenger in a car that a sheriff's deputy stopped for speeding, argues that the deputy expanded the scope of the traffic stop without reasonable, articulable suspicion of criminal activity by asking the car's occupants about marijuana use and by removing appellant from the car.
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Appellant challenges the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence. Appellant, the back-seat passenger in a car that a sheriff's deputy stopped for speeding, argues that the deputy expanded the scope of the traffic stop without reasonable, articulable suspicion of criminal activity by asking the car's occupants about marijuana use and by removing appellant from the car. Appellant further argues that, after the deputy removed him from the car, the deputy conducted a pat-frisk for weapons without a reasonable belief that appellant was armed and dangerous. We conclude that the…
1Opinion of the Court
This opinion is nonprecedential except as provided by Minn. R. Civ. App. P. 136.01, subd. 1(c). STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A24-1466 State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Noel Cortez, Appellant. Filed October 6, 2025 Reversed Bond, Judge Cass County District Court File No. 11-CR-23-439 Keith Ellison, Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Benjamin T. Lindstrom, Cass County Attorney, Karl Zinkl, Assistant County Attorney, Walker, Minnesota (for respondent) Cathryn Middlebrook, Chief Appellate Public Defender, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Christopher T. Ruska, Special Assistant Public…
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