State v. Wheeler

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] David Wheeler appeals his convictions for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Background

[¶ 2.] On January 15, 2011, around 2:00 a.m., after twelve shots of tequila each, Wheeler and his girlfriend, Nateema Lewis, quarreled in Lewis’s apartment. A neighbor called 911. Law enforcement officers arrived to find Lewis and Wheeler disorderly and intoxicated. Officer Joseph Martyna took Wheeler outside, arrested him for domestic disturbance, and placed him in the patrol car. With the car’s video camera activated, the officer asked Wheeler about the events of that…