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STATE v. LUCAS

No. CO-97-2145.

578 N.W.2d 775 (1998)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Brian Keith LUCAS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Granted July 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, State Attorney General, for appellant.

Peg Birk, St. Paul City Attorney, Joel A. Franklin, Assistant City Attorney, for appellant.

John M. Stuart, Minnesota State Public Defender, Mark D. Nyvold, Special Assistant State Public Defender, for respondent.

Considered and decided by SCHUMACHER, P.J., and HUSPENI and SHUMAKER, JJ.

OPINION

SHUMAKER, Judge.

Respondent Brian Keith Lucas was stopped in his motor vehicle by a police officer solely because of a violation of the child passenger restraint system law. The trial court ruled the stop unlawful and granted the respondent's motion to suppress evidence. Appellant appeals from the order suppressing the evidence. We affirm.

FACTS

On October 6, 1997, a St. Paul police officer saw respondent drive a motor vehicle with...

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