State v. Rein

In these two criminal cases, consolidated for purposes of review, defendants were charged with various drug-related offenses in connection with a marijuana-growing operation that they were conducting in their home in rural Josephine County. Two police officers came to defendants’ home in an attempt to serve citations to appear in court on two persons other than these defendants. Upon their arrival, the officers first encountered defendant Rein and then, shortly thereafter, defendant Jungwirth, each of whom came out of a house to approach the officers. Both Rein and Jung-wirth had a strong…