State v. Ray

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction for two counts of possession of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992(4)(b). He assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his pretrial motion to suppress evidence obtained in a search of defendant’s gym bag conducted in the course of a traffic stop. Defendant’s principal contention on appeal is that the search of his gym bag was a warrantless search in violation of Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution. The state responds that the trial court correctly denied defendant’s motion to suppress because defendant abandoned his…