State v. Ramirez

DONIELSON, Presiding Judge.

On August 18, 1990, at approximately 9 p.m., Sioux City Police Officer Dudley Joines observed the defendant, Arturo Guerrero Ramirez, driving without his seat belt fastened and without a functioning license plate illumination light. Officer Joines pulled in behind Ramirez’s car and, with his lights and siren, signaled Ramirez to stop. Ramirez steered his car to the side of the street, but before the car came to a stop, Officer Joines saw a plastic baggie being tossed from the passenger-side window of the car. Ramirez finally brought his car to a stop approximately…