State v. Griffing

¶1 Benjamin Joseph Griffing (Griffing) appeals from the judgment entered by the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, on a jury verdict convicting him of negligent homicide and, specifically, from the District Court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained during the investigation of a one-vehicle traffic accident. We affirm.

¶2 The sole issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred in denying Griffing’s mid-trial motion to suppress.

BACKGROUND

¶3 At 2:50 a.m. on March 30, 1996, Deputy Sheriff Howard Reed (Deputy Reed) received a call that an accident had occurred on…