State v. Champagne

PERRY, Chief Judge.

Terena Champagne appeals from her judgments of conviction for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Champagne argues the district court erred when it denied her motion to suppress and found that the search of her vehicle was a lawful search incident to arrest. We affirm.

Champagne was driving to a grocery store at approximately 3 a.m. when an officer traveling in the opposite direction passed her and noticed that her front license plate was missing. The officer, realizing that the state of Idaho requires all vehicles to display both a front and…