State v. Ralston

Brazil, J.:

Abby L. Ralston was a passenger in a stolen vehicle that crashed while fleeing police. She appeals the denial of her motion to suppress the results of the search of her purse which was found in that stolen vehicle. We affirm.

On April 4, 2008, at approximately 1 a.m., Officer Daniel Weidner was dispatched to a suspicious character call in an apartment complex at 202 North Rock Road in Wichita, Kansas. The caller told dispatch that earlier in the day her license plate was stolen and that, at the time of the call, there was a white male “messing with” the license plate area of her…