State v. Johnson

OPINION

WORKE, Judge.

On appeal from a pretrial order granting a motion to suppress evidence of intoxication and dismiss charges of third-degree DWI, the state argues that the district court clearly erred in ruling that the officer, who saw that the engine compartment of respondent’s motorcycle was illuminated by purple recessed lighting, did not have an objective legal basis to stop respondent because the low-level lighting did not actually violate the statute prohibiting unauthorized colored lighting on vehicles. Because the light configuration on respondent’s motorcycle violated Minn.Stat. §…