Legal Opinion
State v. Watts
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 2005No. 30741PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHROEDER, Chief Justice.
Watts appeals from the district court’s denial of her motion to suppress.
I
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
A Coeur d’Alene police officer, Greg Moore, pulled over a male driver because he was driving a vehicle with studded tires in July. Patricia Watts was a passenger in the car. Officer Moore arrested the driver for driving without privileges. Another officer, Erik Turrell, asked Watts to get out of the car. After Watts and the driver were out of the car Officer Moore searched Watts’ purse, which had been left on the floor of the passenger area. As a result of that…
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