State v. Bickerstaff

Wahl, J.:

This is an interlocutory appeal by which the State appeals the district court’s suppression of drugs and contraband taken from Debra Bickerstaff s vehicle during a warrantless search. We reverse.

After stopping Bickerstaff for speeding, Officer Dillow smelled the odor of alcohol emanating from inside her vehicle. He also smelled the odor of alcohol on Bickerstaff. Dillow conducted two field sobriety tests and a breath test on Bickerstaff. The test results convinced Dillow that Bickerstaff had alcohol in her system but that she was not impaired. Bickerstaff consistently denied she had…