State v. Reeves

Justice Ingrid Gustafson delivered the Opinion of the Court.

***232¶1 Appellant Billy Clayton Reeves III (Reeves) appeals the order of the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, denying his Motion to Dismiss based on a finding that law enforcement had the requisite particularized suspicion to initiate a traffic stop. We reverse.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶2 On the afternoon of January 14, 2017, Missoula County Sheriff's Deputy Tyler Terrill (Deputy Terrill) noticed a vehicle in a brewery parking lot. The driver of the vehicle was later identified as Reeves. From the hotel…