State v. Jaso

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Holmes, J.:

This is a search and seizure case which must be viewed in light of the recent decision in United States v. Ross, _U.S__, 72 L.Ed.2d 572, 102 S.Ct. 2157 (decided June 1, 1982). It involves the warrantless search of an automobile and its contents.

The State of Kansas brings this interlocutory appeal from an order of the district court suppressing certain physical evidence recovered by Wichita police in a warrantless search of a suitcase which was found in a warrantless search of an automobile driven by the defendant. The Court of Appeals, in an…