State v. Ketelson

Defendant appeals the denial of his motion to suppress evidence found during an inventory at the Hooper Detoxification Center. We affirm.

The police took defendant into custody pursuant to ORS 430.399(1) because he was intoxicated in a public place. They then took him to the Hooper Detoxification Center. On his arrival at the center, defendant’s clothes and shoes were removed pursuant to the facility’s inventory policy. A knife was found in defendant’s boot, which led to a charge against him for carrying a concealed weapon. ORS 166.240(1). Defendant moved to suppress the evidence of the knife,…