City of Missoula v. Tye

¶1 Brieana Tye appeals an opinion and order of the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, affirming the Missoula Municipal Court’s denial of Tye’s motion to suppress all evidence obtained from Missoula Police Department Officer J.P. Jones’ contact with her that culminated in her arrest for Aggravated Driving Under the Influence (DUI). We address the following issue:

Whether the District Court erred in affirming the Municipal Court’s order denying Tye’s motion to suppress.

¶2 We affirm.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶3 At 1:37 a.m. on May 22, 2014, Rami Haddad reported a drunk driver…