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Facts

• The Defendant was stopped by an officer due to the absence of a license plate on her vehicle and the officer's inability to read a "piece of paper" in the vehicle's window, which was intended to serve as a temporary registration tag. The Defendant entered a conditional plea of guilty to the charges against her, reserving the right to appeal the denial of her motion to suppress evidence obtained from the stop.

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Defendant-Appellant: Argued that the officer had no valid reason for stopping her vehicle because the temporary registration tag, although not clearly visible or legible, was displayed in the vehicle's window.
• Plaintiff-Appellee: Contended that the stop was justified as the law requires a temporary registration tag to be displayed in a specific manner, clearly visible and legible, and the officer had the authority to stop and briefly detain a vehicle when the temporary registration tag is not visible.

Legal Issues

• Whether the officer had the requisite reasonable suspicion to stop the Defendant’s vehicle due to the absence of a visible and legible temporary registration tag.

Disposition

• The decision of the district court to deny the Defendant's motion to suppress evidence was affirmed.

Reasons

• The Court, led by Chief Judge CELIA FOY CASTILLO, with Judges RODERICK T. KENNEDY and MICHAEL E. VIGIL concurring, found that the officer had reasonable suspicion to stop the Defendant’s vehicle. This conclusion was based on the legal requirement for a temporary registration tag to be displayed in a specific manner that is clearly visible and legible. The Court considered the Defendant's arguments but was not persuaded by them, affirming the district court's decision to deny the motion to suppress evidence obtained from the stop.