State v. Burbach

OPINION

ANDERSON, RUSSELL A., Justice.

In this case, the state appealed a pretrial order by the district court suppressing crack cocaine seized during the consensual search of a vehicle stopped for speeding, and also suppressing additional evidence of drug possession and drug use subsequently seized at the stationhouse from the driver, appellant Peggy Louise Burbach. The court of appeals reversed the district court, concluding that the officer’s detection of the odor of alcohol coming from Burbach’s vehicle justified the officer’s search. State v. Burbach, No. A04-1530, 2005 WL 221980, at *4…