State v. Dennis
Annotate this CaseDefendant was charged with several drug-related offenses. Defendant moved to suppress the items found in his vehicle, challenging the validity of the stop and the officer's vehicle search incident to the arrest. The district court denied Defendant's suppression motion and later convicted Defendant as charged. After Defendant was convicted, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Arizona v. Gant, which rendered the search illegal. The court of appeals refused to apply State v. Daniel, which applied a good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule for pre-Gant searches conducted under the then-existing authority of Kan. Stat. Ann. 22-2501(c), and suppressed the drug evidence. The Supreme Court reversed, holding (1) Daniel controlled the outcome in this case, and the good-faith exception applied; and (2) therefore, the district court correctly denied Defendant's motion to suppress. Remanded.
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