State v. Brown

The defendant was found guilty of burglary not in a dwelling, and appeals.

The defendant was arrested without warrant in Lake. Oswego, early in the morning of August 18. The arresting officer had probable cause to believe that the defendant had stolen electrical wire from a Lake Oswego shop earlier in the morning. After the arrest the officer searched the defendant and in his coverall pocket found a pair of wire cutters which the officer seized. “Gross Electric” was scratched on the cutters. Although the officer was not then aware of it, electric wire had been stolen from Gross Electric in…