State v. Neth

¶1 — The defendant was stopped for speeding. Neither he nor his passenger had any identification, and some of the information they provided the state patrol trooper was inconsistent. Because the defendant had some plastic baggies in his pocket, said he had several thousand dollars in cash in the car, and acted in ways the investigating trooper considered suspicious, the trooper called for a K-9 unit. The dog alerted for drugs. The trooper impounded the car and sought and received a search warrant. The search produced evidence of drug trafficking, which was used against the defendant at trial.…