ROSSMAN, Judge.
These criminal cases were consolidated for appeal. In each, the state appeals from an order granting the defendant's motion to suppress items seized during booking procedures. The issue is whether a booking officer who is conducting an administrative inventory of an arrestee's possessions may open a wallet or a purse, including containers found inside the purse, in
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