State v. Dimmick

Defendant appeals convictions of four counts of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine, ORS 475.890, and three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine, ORS 475.894. He argues that the trial court erred in failing to suppress a backpack and its contents, which he alleges were unlawfully seized during a traffic stop. According to defendant, although police had authority to tow his car after discovering he had an expired insurance card, and therefore also had authority to conduct an inventory, the inventory did not permit them to prevent him from taking the backpack out of the car and…