STATE v. DUDLEY

No. 20090293.

779 N.W.2d 369 (2010)

2010 ND 39

STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Ballam Hezeakiah DUDLEY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

March 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary E. Euren (argued), Assistant State's Attorney, Fargo, ND, for plaintiff and appellee.

Kurt Porter (argued), appearing under the Rule on the Limited Practice of Law by Law Students, and Steven M. Light (appeared), Fargo, ND, for defendant and appellant.


KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] Ballam Dudley appeals from a criminal judgment entered upon a conditional guilty plea. We hold the district court did not err by denying Dudley's motion to suppress because the North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper reasonably suspected the vehicle contained contraband and sufficient probable cause existed to justify the warrantless searches. We affirm the judgment.

I.

[¶ 2] On the night of November 3, 2008, a North...

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