State v. Roark

LANSING, Chief Judge.

Clinton Ray Roark appeals from his judgment of conviction for trafficking in methamphetamine, entered upon his conditional guilty plea. Roark contends that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence found when Roark was subjected to a pat-down search following a traffic stop. We affirm.

I

BACKGROUND

According to the findings made by the district court on Roark’s suppression motion, the pertinent facts are as follows. Roark was driving alone in his pickup when Officer Lee of the Idaho State Police stopped Roark because the pickup did not have the mud…