State of Minnesota, Respondent v. Matthew Philip Anderson, Appellant

Summary

The court held that the statutory phrase requiring motorists to move “a lane away” from a stopped emergency vehicle plainly means moving into the lane next to the emergency vehicle, which Anderson had done. Because the officer stopped Anderson based on a mistaken interpretation of the statute, the officer lacked the particularized and objective basis required for an investigative traffic stop, so the suppression order was reinstated.