STATE v. BICKERSTAFF

No. 82,875.

26 Kan. App.2d 423 (1999)

988 P.2d 285

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellant, v. DEBRA BICKERSTAFF, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed August 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo T. Gensweider, county attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for appellant.

Norman G. Manley, of Davis & Manley, of El Dorado, for appellee.

Before LEWIS, P.J., WAHL, S.J., and ROBERT W. FAIRCHILD, District Judge, assigned.


WAHL, J.:

This is an interlocutory appeal by which the State appeals the district court's suppression of drugs and contraband taken from Debra Bickerstaff's vehicle during a warrantless search. We reverse.

After stopping Bickerstaff for speeding, Officer Dillow smelled the odor of alcohol emanating from inside her vehicle. He also smelled the odor of alcohol on Bickerstaff. Dillow conducted two field sobriety tests and a breath test on Bickerstaff. The test...

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