State v. Jones

OPINION

HARTEN, Judge.

The state challenges a pretrial order suppressing evidence of driving after revocation and failure to provide proof of insurance. The state argues that the district court erred in ruling that the applicable traffic code provision prohibits lane changes without signaling only on high ways, not on city streets, and therefore the police did not have a lawful basis to stop respondent’s vehicle. Because we find that the applicable statute requires a motorist to signal lane changes on city streets, we reverse.

FACTS

Under Minnesota law,

[n]o person shall turn a vehicle at an…