C7-00-2185, Gina Marie Gerding, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Commissioner of Public Safety, Respondent.

Case Date: 06/26/2001
Court: Court of Appeals
Docket No: C7-00-2185

STATE OF MINNESOTA
IN COURT OF APPEALS
C7-00-2185


Gina Marie Gerding, petitioner,
Appellant,

vs.

Commissioner of Public Safety,
Respondent.


Filed June 12, 2001
Affirmed
Hanson, Judge


Freeborn County District Court
File No. C4-99-1324


Samuel A. McCloud, Kelly Vince Griffitts, Suite 1000, Circle K. Box 216, Shakopee, MN 55379 (for appellant)

Michael A. Hatch, Attorney General, Darren L. Dejong, Assistant Attorney General, State of Minnesota, 525 Park Street, Suite 500, St. Paul, MN 55103 (for respondent)

Considered and decided by Willis, Presiding Judge, Hanson, Judge, and Foley,* Judge.

S Y L L A B U S

Violation of the statutory prohibition against suspending any object between the driver and the windshield provides a constitutional basis for an investigative stop, without any showing that the object obstructed the driver