Legal Opinion

State v. Weaselboy

Montana Supreme Court

Decided November 16, 1999No. 98-590PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Leaphart

¶ 1 Melvin Weaselboy (Weaselboy) appeals from the judgment of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, denying his motion to suppress evidence.

¶2 We affirm.

¶3 We restate the issues as follows:

¶4 1. Whether Weaselboy preserved his objection to a dog’s “free-sniff ” of his car.

¶5 2. Whether the District Court erred in concluding that the warrantless seizure of drugs from Weaselboy’s car met the requirements of the plain view doctrine.

Standard of Review

¶6 We review a district court’s denial of a motion to suppress evidence “to determine whether the court’s findings of fact are…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Horton v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. State v. FinleyMontana Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Unified Industries, Inc. v. EasleyMontana Supreme Court · 1998
  5. State v. LohMontana Supreme Court · 1996

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. State v. MartinezMontana Supreme Court · 2003
  2. State v. FergusonMontana Supreme Court · 2005
  3. State v. HardawayMontana Supreme Court · 2001
  4. State v. BuckMontana Supreme Court · 2006
  5. State v. McCaslinMontana Supreme Court · 2004

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