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Montana Supreme Court· 9/28/2004

State v. Snell

Citations

  • 2004 MT 269
  • 99 P.3d 191
  • 323 Mont. 157
  • 2004 Mont. LEXIS 452

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • declining to follow Carty because defendant \does not argue—much less establish— that Montana law enforcement officers are abusing their authority\
  • declining to follow Carty because defendant “does not argue — much less establish — that Montana law enforcement officers are abusing their authority”
  • applying the Mendenhall test under the state constitution to conclude that \a reasonable person would have felt free to leave [the] patrol car\ after receiving a ticket and thus the officer’s subsequent request for consent to search the car was valid
  • \It is undisputed that [the officer] had particularized suspicion to stop [the defendant's] vehicle. Montana law does not require additional justification for requesting consent.\
  • “It is undisputed that [the officer] had particularized suspicion to stop [the defendant’s] vehicle. Montana law does not require additional justification for requesting consent.”

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Judges: Karla M. Gray

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