State v. Hamman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Allegrucci, J.;

Ruth Hamman appeals from the district court’s denial of her motion to suppress evidence seized and obtained during a traffic stop and her detention and subsequent convictions of driving under the influence of alcohol and transporting an open container. The case was transferred from the Court of Appeals pursuant to K.S.A. 20-3018(c).

The issue is whether the stopping and detaining of Hamman in Lyon County by a Coffey County deputy sheriff was illegal.

The trial court entertained Hamman’s motion to suppress while hearing the evidence in the…