Montana Supreme Court· 10/15/1998

State v. Lafferty

Citations

1998 MT 247
967 P.2d 363
291 Mont. 157
55 State Rptr. 1019
1998 Mont. LEXIS 224

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holding crossing of the edge line twice and driving on the edge line once did not constitute probable cause that defendant violated the unsafe lane change provision of Montana law
holding the statute is only violated by unsafe lane changes and not by driving on or over the line
construing Mont.Code Ann. § 61-8-328 to prohibit only unsafe lane changes into other traffic lanes
crossing “fog” line did not violate statute nearly identical to § 28-729(1)
crossing “fog” line did not violate statute nearly identical to § 28-729(1)
dispatcher's report and officer's observation of defendant crossing the fog line were insufficient for particularized suspicion that defendant was driving under the influence

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Judges: Gray, Hunt, Leaphart, Nelson, Regnier, Trieweiler, Turnage

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