State v. Fritz

¶1 Norman B. Fritz pled guilty to operation of an unlawful clandestine laboratory, a felony, in violation of § 45-9-132, MCA. The Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, sentenced Fritz to twenty years in the Montana State Prison, with ten years suspended. Fritz appeals the District Court’s decision denying his motion to suppress the portable methamphetamine laboratory found in the vehicle he was driving.

¶2 The issue on appeal is whether the District Court correctly determined that reasonable cause existed for the search of the Ford Ranger and thus appropriately denied Fritz’s motion…