State v. Lahr

MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal concerns probable cause for an arrest for illegal possession of dangerous drugs. The district court, Fergus County, after hearing on a motion to suppress held sufficient probable cause existed for the arrest. Thereafter defendant Harold Lahr was tried and convicted of the charge.

On the evening of September 7, 1974, defendant Harold C. Lahr and Richard Biehl drove from Moore, Montana to Denton, Montana in Lahr’s automobile. Sheriff’s Deputy David Sirucek was on duty in Denton that evening and noticed Lahr and Biehl as…