North Dakota v. Marsolek
Annotate this CaseDylan Marsolek appealed a criminal judgment entered after he conditionally pled guilty to possession of controlled substances and drug paraphernalia. Marsolek, a passenger in a vehicle involved in a traffic stop, argued he was unlawfully seized because the officers prolonged the traffic stop beyond the time necessary to issue a traffic citation. He argued the evidence resulting from the traffic stop should have been excluded because the officer lacked reasonable suspicion to expand the scope of the traffic stop into a drug investigation. The North Dakota Supreme Court affirmed, concluding that the district court did not err in denying Marsolek’s motion to suppress evidence because the officer had reasonable suspicion to justify prolonging the traffic stop.
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