It was lawful for a deputy to call in a drug dog and make a meth bust on a driver who made a premature right-hand turn in Gillette, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled Friday.

A dispatcher had also told the deputy, mistakenly, that the man’s driver’s license was not valid.

The drug-dog sniff, meth discovery and arrest that followed resulted in a two-to-four-year prison sentence for Andrew Boyer, 36.

Boyer is also serving 8-14 years for first-degree arson in an unrelated incident, says the Wyoming Department of Corrections database.

The arson case was ongoing when the traffic stop happened. Boyer was out of jail on a surety bond, his court file indicates. A jury convicted Boyer on that charge May 3, 2024.

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