State v. Schneider

Greene, J.:

The State of Kansas filed this interlocutory appeal challenging the district court’s order suppressing evidence resulting from a warrantless search incident to a traffic stop. The evidence resulted in the arrests of Eric Schneider and Zachary Ayers, who were charged with drug-related offenses. We affirm the district court.

Factual and Procedural Overview

On December 16, 2002, Investigator Gary Hanus of the 1-135/ 1-70 Drug Task Force received a phone call from Richard Peppers, an in-store protection specialist at a Salina Target store. Peppers reported that he had observed two white…