State v. Woods

McFadden, Judge.

The state appeals the grant of Adrian Woods and Katherine Lee’s motion to suppress. The state argues that neither Woods nor Lee had standing to object to the search of the motel room and the safe in which the police found cocaine; that as to Lee, the evidence should be admitted under the inevitable discovery rule; and that Woods validly consented to the searches at issue. We conclude that both Woods and Lee had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the room and the safe, so that they both have standing to object to the search. We find that the state cannot raise the…