State v. Kimmel

Defendant appeals his conviction for driving while suspended. Former ORS 487.560 (now ORS 811.175). He assigns as error the denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of the stop of his vehicle. The ground for the motion was that there were insufficient facts to justify the stop. We reverse.

Officer Luher testified for the state at the suppression hearing. At about 6 p.m. on August 12, 1984, he was driving north on northeast Cully, near its intersection with northeast Prescott, when he observed defendant’s vehicle ahead in the outside lane. Luher was in the inside lane and…