State v. Pike

OPINION

TOMLJANOVICH, Justice.

This is an appeal from a court of appeals’ decision which affirmed a pretrial suppression order in a criminal case involving two gross misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence, and one misdemeanor charge of driving after revocation. After a pickup truck passed a Minnesota State Trooper as the trooper was entering Interstate 35W from the shoulder, the trooper stopped the truck because the owner had a revoked driver’s license. The district court and court of appeals found that the stop violated the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. We…