State v. Wantland

¶ 1. Derik J. Wantland appeals from his judgment of conviction and the circuit court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of a sheriff deputy's warrantless search of a briefcase located in a vehicle during a traffic stop. Wantland contends the search was unreasonable, and therefore unlawful under the Fourth Amendment, because he limited the scope of the driver's prior consent to search the vehicle by asking "Got a warrant for that?" when the deputy got to the briefcase during the search. We conclude that the circuit court correctly found that Wantland did not limit…