State v. Stahl

GOLDEN, Justice.

Pursuant to a bill of exceptions duly filed with this court, we are requested to resolve the following issue:

Can a municipal peace officer acting without an arrest warrant lawfully arrest an individual [for DWUI] outside the boundaries of that municipality, when that arrest is not the result of hot pursuit? 1

FACTS

On March 23, 1991, a dispatcher at the Powell Police Department (PPD) received a REDDI (report every drunk driver immediately) report concerning a motorist parked along side of Highway 14A, approximately three miles west of Ralston, Wyoming. The dispatcher radioed PPD…