State v. Matthew Elliot Cohagan

HORTON, Justice.

Matthew Elliot Cohagan appeals the Canyon County district court’s denial of his motion to suppress. Following the denial of his motion, Cohagan entered a conditional guilty plea to possession of methamphetamine. The appeal was originally assigned to the Idaho Court of Appeals, which reversed the district court. This Court granted the State’s timely petition for review, We reverse the district court’s order denying Cohagan’s motion to suppress.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On February 26, 2014, Officers Curtis and Otto observed Matthew Elliot Cohagan on the southwest…