State v. Ragsdale

Defendant appeals his conviction of carrying a dangerous weapon with intent to use it in violation of ORS 166.220. 1 The issue is whether the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion to suppress all evidence derived from a motor vehicle stop. Defendant contends that the subsequent search of his residence was unlawful because the search warrant was issued on the basis of an affidavit which contained information acquired in an illegal stop and search of his vehicle.

The evidence shows that officer McCloud received police radio information at 1:16 a.m. that a shot had been fired into a…