State v. Farabee

¶1 Scott David Farabee appeals from orders of the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, denying his motion to suppress evidence and motion to reconsider. We affirm.

¶2 We restate the issues on appeal as follows:

¶3 1. Whether the District Court erred in determining that the officer who stopped Farabee had the requisite particularized suspicion?

¶4 2. Whether the District Court erred in denying Farabee’s motion to suppress evidence on the basis that the traffic stop was pretextual?

BACKGROUND

¶5 On November 24, 1997, Detectives Scott Rogstad and Vance Gehringer, officers employed…