State v. Justesen

OPINION

THORNE, Judge:

¶ 1 The State appeals from an order granting Alan Justesen's (Justesen) Motion to Suppress. We reverse and remand.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 On June 17, 2000, at approximately 12:45 am., Sergeant Tom Stefanoff (Stefa-noff), of the Carbon County Sheriff's Department, was patrolling a desolate stretch of Airport Road one mile east of the airport in Carbon County, when he came upon a white 1991 Ford minivan. The minivan had no lights on and Stefanoff was uncertain if the minivan was occupied. As such, Stefanoff decided to check and see if the minivan was broken down, abandoned, or if the…