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State v. Rodriguez

Montana Supreme Court

Decided March 1, 2011No. DA 10-0128PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cotter

¶1 Steven Rodriguez (Rodriguez) appeals a Fourth Judicial District Court order denying his motion to dismiss, arguing that Missoula County Sheriffs Deputy Jonathan Stineford (Stineford) lacked particularized suspicion to conduct an investigatory stop. Rodriguez also appeals his conviction of felony Driving Under the Influence (DUI) arguing that the District Court erred in allowing the introduction of Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) evidence during trial. We affirm.

ISSUES

¶2 A restatement of the issues on appeal is:

1. Did the totality of the circumstances support a finding that Deputy Stineford…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Hulse v. State, Department of JusticeMontana Supreme Court · 1998
  3. State v. GopherMontana Supreme Court · 1981
  4. State v. PrattMontana Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Brown v. StateMontana Supreme Court · 2009

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. S. HooverMontana Supreme Court · 2017
  2. STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. FRIESENSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2015
  3. State v. LozonMontana Supreme Court · 2012
  4. State v. K. MullendoreMontana Supreme Court · 2025
  5. State v. LozonMontana Supreme Court · 2012

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