State v. Claussen

OPINION

FOLEY, Judge.

This case is a consolidated appeal by the state from an order of the Freeborn County District Court dismissing respondents’ cases because police had insufficient cause for a Terry stop of respondents’ vehicle. We reverse.

ISSUE

Did the officers have reasonable suspicion of criminal activity sufficient to justify the stop of respondents’ vehicle?

FACTS

While on patrol during a snow storm, Deputies Villarreal and Harig came upon a car stopped in the middle of a county road. The ear was stopped in a high crime area where there had been neighborhood complaints about parties,…