City of Missoula v. O'NEILL

¶1 Patrick O’Neill (O’Neill) appeals from the order entered by the Fourth Judicial District, Missoula County, affirming the Missoula Municipal Court’s denial of his motion to dismiss. We affirm.

¶2 The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred in affirming the Missoula Municipal Court’s denial of O’Neill’s motion to dismiss on the basis that a university security officer had jurisdiction to stop and arrest O’Neill.

BACKGROUND

¶3 At approximately 2:00 a.m. on February 9, 2003, Michael Blazevich (Blazevich), a campus security officer for the University of Montana (University)…