State v. Krogen
Case Date: 09/23/2008
Docket No: 20080041
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State v. KrogenNo. 20080041 Per Curiam. [¶1] Levi Krogen appeals the district court's criminal judgment entered on a conditional guilty plea to the charge of driving under suspension, a class A misdemeanor, after the district court denied his motion to suppress evidence obtained during an investigative motor vehicle stop. On appeal, Krogen argues the stop was not justified by a reasonable and articulable suspicion that he was violating the North Dakota motor vehicle registration laws. In State v. Skarsgard, 2007 ND 160, ¶ 8, 739 N.W.2d 786, this Court held, "When a law enforcement officer observes a vehicle with no license plates and no viewable registration certificate, the officer has reasonable grounds to stop the driver and check if the driver has a valid certificate in his possession." Concluding the Skarsgard opinion is controlling, we summarily affirm the district court's judgment under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7). [¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J. |