State v. Alesha Ann Green

J. JONES, Justice.

The State appeals the district court’s order granting a motion to suppress evidence. The defendant, Alesha Green, was stopped in her vehicle and subsequently arrested for driving without a valid driver’s license. A search incident to that arrest produced incriminating evidence against her. The district court suppressed the evidence, finding that the arrest was an unreasonable seizure under the Idaho Constitution.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In October 2012, an Ada County Sheriffs officer stopped a vehicle for failing to maintain its lane. The officer identified the…