Legal Opinion
State v. Wacker
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided August 19, 1993No. CC C8904498CR; CA A62171; SC S39421PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*421VAN HOOMISSEN, J.
Defendant was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance (cocaine). ORS 475.992. Before trial, he moved to suppress the state’s evidence, arguing that the seizure of the evidence was “tainted” by an unlawful search. The trial court ordered the evidence suppressed. The Court of Appeals affirmed. State v. Wacker, 111 Or App 483, 826 P2d 1019 (1992). We allowed the state’s petition for review. The dispositive issue is whether the police “searched” a car in which defendant was a passenger. For the reasons that follow, we hold that, because the police did not…
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