State v. Fletcher

¶ 1. Defendant Bridgette Fletcher appeals the Addison District Court’s denial of her motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop and dismiss the charges against her. Defendant contends that the law enforcement officer lacked sufficient grounds to justify the traffic stop and that the officer did not have the requisite reasonable suspicion to justify turning the traffic stop into a drug investigation. We affirm.

¶ 2. Shortly before midnight on January 31,2008, a state trooper in a police car with a narcotics identification dog in it observed defendant’s vehicle make a left turn…