State v. Johnson

Defendant appeals his conviction for driving under the influence of intoxicants. He assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his pretrial motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of two allegedly illegal stops. We affirm.

We summarize the facts from testimony presented at the suppression hearing. A Bend police officer was dispatched on a bicycle to patrol a commercial district that had been the scene of several burglaries during early morning hours. At about 4:30 a.m., he saw defendant in a parked car either leaning against the driver’s window or slouched down in the front seat.…