State v. Wilson

Chief Justice Mike McGrath delivered the Opinion of the Court.

***240¶ 1 Johnathan Samual Wilson appeals from a February 17, 2017 Seventeenth Judicial District Court Order in which his motion to suppress was denied. We reverse.

¶ 2 We restate the issue on appeal as follows:

Did the District Court err when it denied Wilson's motion to suppress based on its determination that the drug investigation was supported by particularized suspicion?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶ 3 The relevant facts are not in dispute. On June 21, 2016, at approximately 5:06 p.m. Montana Highway Patrolman Cody Smith…