State v. Boone

The principal issue in this criminal case is whether a city ordinance that authorizes police to impound a car also authorizes them to conduct an inventory search of the car’s contents. The Court of Appeals held that the city ordinance did not constitute an authorization from an extra-executive, politically accountable body to conduct an inventory search. State v. Boone, 136 Or App 614, 901 P2d 990 (1995) (citing State v. Cook, 136 Or App 525, 901 P2d 911 (1995), which so held with respect to a similar inventory search). We allowed review and reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals.

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