State v. Rutledge

Defendant appeals from a conviction, after a stipulated facts trial, for possession of methamphetamine, ORS 475.894. She argues that her consent to a search of her handbag was the result of an illegal stop and that the trial court therefore erred in denying her motion to suppress. See State v. Hall, 339 Or 7, 115 P3d 908 (2005) (when a defendant’s consent for officer to search defendant was product of unlawful stop, evidence obtained during the stop was inadmissable). We agree that defendant’s interaction with the sheriffs deputies became a stop before the deputies acquired the evidence in…