State v. Schedler

This is an appeal by the state from an order suppressing certain items of evidence seized from defendant’s car. The trial court found that the police had no reasonable suspicion to believe defendant was involved in criminal activity at the time the stop of defendant’s vehicle was made.

The essential facts are as follows:

At about 3 a.m. a Lake Oswego police officer, parked in front of the police station, heard the sound of glass breaking, turned his head and, within a couple of seconds, saw a car driven by a person later identified as defendant pull out of an alley that led to the police…