Legal Opinion
State v. Ortega
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided June 3, 2008No. A07-0022PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROSS, Judge.
Police arrested Danny Ortega following a routine traffic stop of the car in which he was traveling as a passenger when a search revealed cocaine and marijuana. Ortega moved the district court to suppress evidence of his cocaine possession, arguing that the officer did not have reasonable suspicion to search him based on the knowledge that he possessed an amount of marijuana sufficient to support only a petty-misdemeanor offense. The district court denied the motion and found Ortega guilty of fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance. We affirm the conviction because…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Minnesota v. CarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Murdaugh v. LivingstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- State v. LothenbachSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- State v. WiegandSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002
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3Cited by7 opinions
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