State v. Thompson

¶ 1 The First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, denied Kenneth N. Thompson’s motion to suppress evidence and later entered judgment against Thompson for misdemeanor driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI). Thompson appeals the denial of his motion to suppress. We affirm.

¶2 The issue is whether the District Court erred in finding that particularized suspicion justified an investigative stop of Thompson’s vehicle.

BACKGROUND

¶3 At 1:35 a.m. on January 14, 2004, Lewis and Clark County Deputy Sheriff Kevin Wright observed a vehicle traveling west on Mill Road. Wright…