State v. Shaw

¶1 Appellant Shayla Shaw (Shaw) appeals from an order entered by the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, denying her motion to suppress the warrantless search of her vehicle following her stop for speeding. We affirm.

¶2 We must address whether the District Court correctly denied Shaw’s motion to suppress evidence seized from a search of her vehicle.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶3 Cascade County Deputy Sheriff Scott Van Dyken (Van Dyken) stopped Shaw for speeding just past midnight on January 11, 2003. Van Dyken initiated an investigation and discovered that Shaw also had a…