State v. Stephen Howard

¶ 1. In this driving under the influence (DUI) case, the State appeals the granting of defendant’s motion to exclude evidence collected from a traffic violation stop of his car. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the case because it concluded that the trooper who conducted the stop did not have a reasonable and articulable suspicion that defendant committed a traffic violation. We reverse and remand.

¶ 2. The court’s findings were based on testimony from both the trooper and defendant, and also on cruiser dashcam video of the stop and the events leading up to it. The trooper…