State v. Steen

¶1 Craig Steen (Steen) appeals from an order of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, denying his motion to suppress evidence. We affirm.

¶2 The one issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred when it denied Steen’s motion to suppress evidence on the basis that the police officer did not have particularized suspicion to justify a traffic stop.

BACKGROUND

¶3 On June 8, 2002, at approximately 1:10 a.m., Bozeman Police Officer Doug Lichte (Officer Lichte) was traveling east on Main Street in Bozeman, Montana, when he observed a full-size pickup make a wide left hand turn…