State v. Merrill

¶1 China Merrill appeals from the order of the Nineteenth Judicial District Comb, Lincoln County, entered on February 19,2003, denying her motion to suppress evidence. We affirm.

¶2 The issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred in denying defendant’s motion to suppress evidence by concluding that defendant was not unlawfully detained subsequent to an investigatory traffic stop and, further, that defendant had consented to a warrantless search.

BACKGROUND

¶3 On November 18, 2002, Lincoln County Deputy Sheriff Shane Hight, supervised by Deputy Richard Larsen, pulled over Merrill for…