Case Name: STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Lucas Michael JOHNSON, Defendant and Appellant
Court: North Dakota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: North Dakota
Decision Date: 2019-04-11
Citations: 925 N.W.2d 396
Docket Number: No. 20180349
Parties: STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee
v.
Lucas Michael JOHNSON, Defendant and Appellant
Judges: 
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 925
Pages: 396–396

Head Matter:
STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee
v.
Lucas Michael JOHNSON, Defendant and Appellant
No. 20180349
Supreme Court of North Dakota.
Filed April 11, 2019
Justin J. Schwarz, Assistant City Attorney, Bismarck, ND, for plaintiff and appellee.
Yancy B. Cottrill, Bismarck, ND, for defendant and appellant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
[¶1] Lucas Michael Johnson appeals from a criminal judgment entered after he conditionally pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Johnson argues the district court erred by denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained during a search unsupported by reasonable and articulable suspicion. We conclude there is sufficient competent evidence supporting the district court's finding of a traffic violation constituting reasonable and articulable suspicion for the stop. We summarily affirm the criminal judgment under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2) and (7). See State v. Asbach , 2015 ND 280, ¶ 11-14, 871 N.W.2d 820.
[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.
Lisa Fair McEvers
Daniel J. Crothers
Jerod E. Tufte
Jon J. Jensen