State v. Diaz-Ruiz

Caplinger, J.:

The State appeals from the district court’s order suppressing evidence discovered in the search of the defendants’ vehicle following a traffic stop. Because we agree that the scope of the stop was unlawfully extended, and the subsequent consent to search was not sufficiently attenuated from the prior unlawful de*326tention to purge the taint of the illegality, we affirm the suppression.

I. Factual and procedural background

The district court held a combined hearing on the individual suppression motions filed by the defendants, Miguel Diaz-Ruiz and his father, Serafín Diaz-Ruiz. The…