Legal Opinion
State v. Fiebke
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided October 22, 1996No. C7-96-950PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANSING, Judge.
In a pretrial appeal, the state challenges a district court order quashing an arrest and suppressing evidence obtained after a state trooper stopped a vehicle for a seatbelt violation. Under Minnesota law the observed seatbelt violation did not provide a constitutionally reasonable basis for the stop, and we affirm.
FACTS
Nathan Fiebke was stopped by a state trooper when the trooper observed that Fiebke and his front-seat passenger were not wearing their seatbelts. The trooper asked for Fiebke’s driver’s license and ran a check of the license number. The cheek revealed…
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