State v. Klamar

OPINION

LARKIN, Judge.

In this pretrial appeal, the state challenges the district court’s order granting respondent’s motion to dismiss a charge of driving while impaired. The state argues that the district court erred in concluding that a law-enforcement officer violated the constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure when the officer ordered respondent out of a vehicle to investigate whether respondent had been driving while impaired. Because the investigative seizure was reasonable at its inception and in its scope, we reverse the district court’s order and remand for…