Howell

MEMORANDUM **

Tresha Howell appeals the district court’s denial of her motion to suppress evidence obtained during an inventory search of her rental car at the scene of a crash where she was rendered incapacitated and during a subsequent search of her residence, which served as the basis for her guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to possess and distribute methamphetamine pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1). We review de novo the denial of a motion to suppress evidence. United States v. Gorman, 314 F.3d 1105, 1110 (9th Cir.2002). We affirm the district court’s judgment because the search was conducted as part of a lawful inventory search under Idaho State Police Procedure § 06.05—Vehicle Impound and Inventory, subpart D “Crash Scene Inventory” (“Idaho Impound Procedure”).

Inventory searches fulfill a “community caretaking” function: to protect the own *56 er’s property while in police custody; to protect the police against claims of lost or stolen property; and to protect the police from potential danger. See South Dakota v. Opperman, 428 U.S. 364, 368-9 , 96 S.Ct. 3092 , 49 L.Ed.2d 1000 (1976). For inventory searches to be constitutional, they must be undertaken…