State v. Gordon

Defendant appeals his conviction for theft, ORS 164.055, on the ground that certain evidence admitted at trial, blank checks found in his hotel room, was the product of an illegal search.

The proprietor of a service station in Albany reported to the police that he had transferred a white 1967 Chevrolet to three individuals in exchange for a check which turned out to be fraudulently drawn.

Subsequently, Officer Pope of the Linn County Sheriff’s office and a companion officer observed such a white 1967 Chevrolet parked in front of the Julian Hotel in Corvallis and learned from defendant .that he…