City of Missoula v. Sharp

¶1 Justin Sharp appeals from the order of the Montana Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, affirming the Missoula Municipal Court judgment denying his motion to suppress evidence for lack of particularized suspicion. We affirm.

¶2 We address the following issue:

Did Officer Lloyd have sufficient objective data to form a particularized suspicion of wrongdoing in order to justify the investigatory stop of Sharp?

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶3 On November 27, 2013, Officer Lloyd (“Lloyd”) of the Missoula Police Department was on patrol in downtown Missoula. Around 10:00 p.m., Lloyd…