State v. Robinson

In this criminal case, the state appeals from a pretrial order suppressing evidence obtained in a search of defendant’s bag. The state argues that the trial court erred in suppressing the evidence. We do not reach the merits of the state’s argument because we conclude that the appeal is moot.

Defendant was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. Before trial, he moved to suppress evidence that had been obtained when a paramedic employed by the City of Salem opened a bag in defendant’s possession in the course of transporting him in an…