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- Title: State V. Anderson
- Author : State of Minnesota in Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 29, 2004
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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A police officer conducted a traffic stop of Matthew Anderson, the appellant, for violating Minn. Stat. § 169.18, subd. 11 (2002), which requires motorists to move "a lane away" from stopped emergency vehicles. During the stop, the officer obtained evidence that was used to charge Anderson with Impaired Driving in the Fourth Degree in violation of Minn. Stat. §§ 169A.20, subd. 1(5), and 169A.27, subd. 1 (2002). Anderson moved to suppress the evidence, claiming that the police officer who stopped him lacked a "particularized and objective basis" for suspecting him of criminal activity because Anderson had, in fact, moved a lane away from the stopped emergency vehicle. The district court suppressed the evidence of impaired driving because it concluded that Anderson was not actually violating Minn. Stat. § 169.18 (2002) when he was stopped. The court of appeals reversed and held that an officer's reasonable interpretation of a statute, whether erroneous or not, may form the basis for an investigatory traffic stop. State v. Anderson, 671 N.W.2d 900, 904 (Minn. 2003). We reverse the court of appeals and reinstate the decision of the district court.
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