Legal Opinion

State v. Gouras

Montana Supreme Court

Decided November 23, 2004No. 03-116PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rice

¶1 Jamie Ray Gouras (Gouras) appeals from the judgment, entered by the Ninth Judicial District Court, Glacier County, finding him guilty of possession of dangerous drugs, a felony, in violation of § 45-9-103(1), MCA, and challenges the District Court’s denial of his suppression motion. We affirm.

¶2 We rephrase the issues on appeal as follows:

¶3 1. Did the District Court err in denying Gouras’s motion to suppress evidence on the grounds that officers lacked a particularized suspicion to make an investigatory stop of the vehicle in which Gouras was a passenger?

¶4 2. Did the District Court err…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. State v. GopherMontana Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Unified Industries, Inc. v. EasleyMontana Supreme Court · 1998
  4. State v. ElisonMontana Supreme Court · 2000
  5. State v. MartinezMontana Supreme Court · 2003

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  5. Kellogg v. Dearborn Information Services, LLCMontana Supreme Court · 2005

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