State v. Mogren

Summary

The court affirmed the judgment entered after Mogren conditionally pleaded guilty, holding that the officer's warrantless reopening of a sunglasses case did not violate the Fourth Amendment or the North Dakota Constitution. Mogren had consented to the social worker's lawful search and opening of the case, and there was no indication that its contents had changed before the officer searched it. Because the prior lawful search extinguished her reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents, the later search was not unreasonable.