State v. Colosimo

OPINION

HANSON, Judge.

Appellant challenges his conviction of refusal to allow inspection of a boat, arguing that he was unlawfully stopped by a conservation officer; that the officer did not have probable cause to inspect the boat; and that the officer’s request to inspect the boat was an unlawful seizure. We reverse.

FACTS

Pro se appellant John Mark Colosimo, an attorney, and four others were in Colo-simo’s boat as it was being towed to a boat landing by a truck driven by Sean Oveson. When Oveson stopped at the landing, Conservation Officer Lloyd Steen, who was standing nearby, approached the…