Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided April 17, 1985No. 34990, CA A31383PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YOUNG, J.,
Defendant appeals his conviction for possession of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992(4). He assigns as error the trial court’s pretrial order denying his motion to suppress, which was based on the ground that certain evidence was the fruit of an allegedly unlawful stop. We reverse.
On August 2, 1983, at 1:00 a.m., officers Mack and Snider noticed an unattended portable cooler in a park. It was similar to a cooler that was reported stolen in the park two days earlier. The officers were dispatched to another call before they could investigate. They returned at 1:30 a.m. and saw…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Oregon v. ElstadSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Ball v. GladdenOregon Supreme Court · 1968
- State v. WarnerOregon Supreme Court · 1978
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3Cited by30 opinions
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