State v. Jose Perez-Jungo

MELANSON, Judge.

Jose Guadalupe Perez-Jungo appeals from his judgment of conviction for possession of a controlled substance. Specifically, he alleges that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress based on the extension of the duration of an investigative detention. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

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FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The following facts were adduced through testimony at the motion hearing and were set forth in the district court’s order denying Perez-Jungo’s motion to suppress. An officer came upon Perez-Jungo’s vehicle parked to the side of a rural gravel road at…