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State v. Halvorson

Montana Supreme Court

Decided March 7, 2000No. 99-540PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Turnage

¶1 Sherry Halvorson pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while her license was suspended, after the Fourth Judicial District Court denied her motion to dismiss for lack of particularized suspicion to support a traffic stop. Halvorson now appeals the particularized suspicion ruling. We affirm.

¶2 The issue is whether the officer who arrested Halvorson had sufficient information to form a particularized suspicion justifying a stop of her vehicle.

Background

¶3 On September 12, 1998, Missoula City Police Officer Jamie Keintz arrested Halvorson for driving while under the influence of alcohol.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. State v. GopherMontana Supreme Court · 1981
  3. State v. PikeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1996
  4. State v. LaffertyMontana Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Village of Lake in the Hills v. LloydAppellate Court of Illinois · 1992

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State v. Van KirkMontana Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Commonwealth v. DeramoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
  3. Armfield v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2009
  4. State v. FarabeeMontana Supreme Court · 2000
  5. State v. KaufmanMontana Supreme Court · 2002

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