State v. Cardenas

WALTERS, Judge Pro Tem.

The state appeals from the district court’s order granting Adrian Albor Cardenas’ motion to suppress evidence. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand to the district court.

I

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Two uniformed Sheriffs deputies went to a Nampa residence to look for a juvenile runaway named Sarah. The deputies saw Cardenas in a Nissan Sentra parked in the driveway. The deputies parked their patrol vehicles across the street. As the deputies began walking to the Sentra, Cardenas got out and started toward the house. A deputy told Cardenas “he needed to…