State v. Davis

OPINION

RANDALL, Judge.

Appellant Russell Davis was convicted of DWI. On appeal he contends he was improperly stopped by a police officer who obtained information from another motorist that appellant had gone through a red light. We reverse.

FACTS

Around 2:00 a.m. on April 6, 1985, St. Paul police officer John Cannefax was on routine patrol near downtown St. Paul. While waiting for a light to change, a vehicle approached from the officer’s left, slowed but did not stop. A female passenger leaned out of a passenger window of the passing vehicle and shouted, “The car behind us just ran a red…