State v. Bertsch

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for possession of methamphetamine, ORS 475.894. She assigns error to the trial court’s denial of her motion to suppress evidence discovered during a traffic stop in which she consented to a search of her car. Defendant argues that the police unlawfully extended the traffic stop and that her consent was the unattenuated product of that illegality. The state responds that reasonable suspicion justified the extension of the traffic stop. Alternatively, the state argues that defendant’s consent was sufficiently attenuated from the unlawful police conduct…