State v. Carston

Defendants were charged with various counts of manufacture and delivery of controlled substances. ORS 475.992. The state appeals the pretrial orders granting defendants’ motions to suppress evidence. We reverse and remand.

On March 19,1993, Officer Koertje of the Redmond Police Department received a telephone call from a private citizen in Eugene who wanted to report a drug transaction that was to take place during the early morning hours of March 20. The informant did not at first identify himself, but later called again and gave the police a name and telephone number. The informant reported…