State v. Fredricks

Defendant was convicted, following a trial on stipulated facts, of a variety of drug offenses after the trial court denied his motion to suppress evidence found when a police officer entered defendant’s motel room in response to a 9-1-1 call reporting a loud argument. Defendant argues that the trial court erred in concluding that the officer’s entry into his motel room was authorized by the community caretaking statute, ORS 133.033, 2 and that he was entitled to suppression of the subsequently discovered evidence under Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution. 3 The state argues that…