City of Billings v. Peterson

¶ 1 A Billings Municipal Court jury convicted Rocky T. Peterson of the misdemeanor offenses of careless driving and driving under the influence of alcohol. After a number of interim procedural steps, the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, affirmed an earlier order upholding the Municipal Court’s denial of certain pretrial motions. Peterson appeals and we affirm.

¶2 We restate the issues as follows:

¶3 1. Did the District Court err in affirming the Municipal Court’s determination that an officer had particularized suspicion to stop Peterson when no recording of the hearing…