State v. Lowrimore

Billie Joe Lowrimore, a juvenile, appeals her conviction of unlawftd and felonious possession of methamphetamine, claiming that the trial court erred in denying her motion to suppress because the officer's detention of Lowrimore and his search of her purse and a smaller bag inside the purse were illegal. We affirm.

On October 26, 1989, Sergeant Russ Olson received a dispatch call concerning a fight between a mother and daughter. The daughter was Lowrimore. The dispatch informed Olson that the daughter was threatening to commit suicide and possessed knives. Lowrimore's parents had called the…