State v. Land

Defendant appeals his conviction for possession and manufacture of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992. He assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress. We affirm.

Deputy Poppen received information from a confidential reliable informant who had made marijuana purchases from defendant at his residence and had smelled growing marijuana on the premises. Poppen determined that defendant’s residence had “extremely high power usage” that was consistent with growing marijuana and that the house did not have electric heat or a swimming pool that could explain the increased…