State v. Mullins

BURDICK, Chief Justice.

In an appeal arising out of Bannock County, John Mullins challenges the district court's denial of his motion to suppress. Mullins and his wife, Tera, were arrested at the federal courthouse in Pocatello after security officers found a vial of methamphetamine in Tera's backpack. The Pocatello police seized the methamphetamine, 65 plastic baggies, and $403 from the backpack. Prior to taking Mullins and Tera to jail, the couple's personal effects, including the backpack, were placed into the Mullinses' pickup that was in the parking lot pursuant to Tera's instruction. A…