State v. Wills

OPINION

SCHUMACHER, Judge.

In a pretrial motion, respondent Lorrell Devaugn Wills moved to suppress evidence because, he claimed, the safe searched and seized was outside the scope of the premises search warrant. The district court found that the safe was outside the scope of the search warrant, suppressed the evidence, and dismissed the charges. We reverse.

FACTS

The facts in this case are undisputed. In March 1994, the police obtained a search warrant for an apartment located in Burns-ville. The apartment was rented by Torc-helle Holmes, Wills’ girlfriend. Although Wills told police that he…