State v. Frias

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction for unlawful possession of methamphetamine. ORS 475.894. He assigns error to the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. For the reasons stated below, we conclude that the trial court erred in failing to suppress evidence obtained as a result of a traffic stop that was extended without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. We reverse and remand.

We state the facts consistently with the trial court’s explicit and implicit findings. State v. Ehly, 317 Or 66, 74-75, 854 P2d 421 (1993); Ball v. Gladden, 250 Or 485, 487, 443 P2d 621 (1968). At…