State v. McConnelee

TERNUS, Justice.

The defendant, Brian McConnelee, appeals from his conviction of various drug charges, alleging trial court error in several particulars. Because our resolution of MeConnelee’s challenge to the district court’s ruling on his motion to suppress is dispositive, we limit our decision to a discussion of that issue.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

While driving a friend’s car on the afternoon of February 9, 2002, McConnelee was stopped by an Evansdale police officer who noticed some minor equipment violations. At the time of the stop, the officer activated a video camera located…