State v. Anderson

Justice DURHAM,

opinion of the Court:

_ INTRODUCTION

11.1 Two.sheriff's deputies stopped late on a winter evening to check on the welfare of Cameron Anderson, who was parked on the side of a highway with his hazard lights flashing. It turned out that Mr. Anderson was fine before the deputies decided to check on him, but he was less so afterward. As a result of Mr. Anderson's encounter with the deputies, they discovered a small amount of marijuana in his vehicle, and the State subsequently charged him with criminal possession. The question in this appeal is whether this evidence was obtained in…