State v. Ritchey

Leben, J.:

*530 Topeka police officers arrested Linda Ritchey for an *531 outstanding warrant while she was sitting in the front passenger seat of a parked van. After Ritchey was arrested, a police officer searched Ritchey's purse, which Ritchey had left in the van, and found a baggie with methamphetamine residue. Ritchey moved to suppress the evidence from her purse, arguing that it had been found during an illegal search. The district court granted the motion.

The State appeals, arguing that the district court shouldn't have suppressed the evidence because: (1) officers legally searched Ritchey's…