STATE v. MELAND

No. C0-00-648.

616 N.W.2d 757 (2000)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Matthew Charles MELAND, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

August 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, St. Paul; and Jay M. Heffern, Minneapolis City Attorney, Eileen J. Strejc, Assistant City Attorney, Minneapolis for appellant.

Douglas B. Meslow, Meslow & Olson, PLLC, White Bear Lake, for respondent.

Considered and decided by HARTEN, Presiding Judge, PETERSON, Judge, and PARKER, Judge.


OPINION

HARTEN, Judge.

The State of Minnesota appeals from the district court's pretrial order dismissing DWI charges against respondent Matthew Charles Meland. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

The facts are undisputed. In the early morning hours of June 15, 1999, Minneapolis police officer Patrick Windus observed Meland driving a vehicle with expired license plate tabs, in violation of Minn.Stat. § 169.79 (1998). Upon stopping Meland...

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