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STATE v. WETZEL

Crim. No. 890343.

456 N.W.2d 115 (1990)

STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Tom WETZEL, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

May 14, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan K. Duppler, State's Atty., Stanton, for plaintiff and appellant.

Larry W. Quast of Hagen, Quast & Alexander, Beulah, for defendant and appellee.

VANDE WALLE, Justice.

The State of North Dakota appealed from an order of the County Court for Mercer County granting Tom A. Wetzel's motion to suppress evidence obtained during a vehicle safety inspection at a highway checkpoint. The State contends that its checkpoint and procedures for stopping oncoming vehicles were constitutionally permissible. We agree and reverse the county court's suppression order.

On August 3, 1989, Trooper Ronald Stanley of the North...

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