State v. Brauch

KIDWELL, Justice.

Defendant Eric Brauch appeals from the district court’s denial of a motion to suppress evidence resulting from a police search of his rental house where the landlord gave police permission to search after Brauch apparently abandoned the premises. We affirm.

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BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

Eric Anthony Brauch and Catherine Gnecchi (tenants) rented a house in Coeur d’Alene from Paula Victoria Johnson. Johnson rented the house (the Johnson house) through Anchor Property Management (Anchor). Johnson’s management agreement with Anchor provided a mutual thirty-day cancellation…