Montana Supreme Court Unanimously Overturns a Pot Conviction, Saying Cops Stopped the Defendant for No Good Reason

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Montana Supreme Court Unanimously Overturns a Pot Conviction, Saying Cops Stopped the Defendant for No Good Reason

25 October 2021

During a 2017 trip to Montana, Hoang Vinh Pham was heating up a bowl of noodles at a Conoco station on Interstate 94 when he looked out the window and saw something unusual: a police van stuffed with half a ton of marijuana. Around the same time, Richard Smith, a Montana Division of Criminal Investigations (DCI) agent who was helping two state troopers transport the marijuana to evidence storage in Billings, entered the gas station to use the restroom and buy some water. Smith thought Pham looked at the van for a suspiciously long period of time, which made Smith ...

Montana Supreme Court Unanimously Overturns a Pot Conviction, Saying Cops Stopped the Defendant for No Good Reason

Cops thought Hoang Vinh Pham, who received a 15-year prison sentence, was suspicious because he stared at a police van full of marijuana.

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Another botched drug arrest by Montana trooper Barry Kilpela:


Stillwater jury clears Guyana man of felony drug distribution charge from case of 70 pounds of pot found during I-90 traffic stop

30 August 2018

MHP Trooper Barry Kilpela stands guard over two duffel bags containing 70 pounds of marijuana during a break in the district court trial Monday. A Stillwater County jury cleared a Guyana man of a felony drug charge following a two-day trial that ended Tuesday. Jurors deliberated for approximately two and a half hours before returning a verdict of not guilty on one felony count of criminal possession of dangerous drugs with the intent to distribute against Yannick James Van Sluytman, a 32-year-old resident of Guyana. Testimony began Monday afternoon and ended late Tuesday morning. The Stillwater County Attorney’s Office presented ...

NOT GUILTY

A Stillwater County jury cleared a Guyana man of a felony drug charge following a two-day trial that ended Tuesday. Jurors deliberated for approximately two and a half hours before returning a verdict of not guilty on one felony count of criminal possession of dangerous drugs with the intent to...

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