State v. Hockersmith

Defendant, who was convicted following a conditional plea of guilty to one count of attempting to elude a police officer, ORS 811.540, and one count of criminal driving while suspended or revoked, ORS 811.182(4), appeals his judgment of conviction. He challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence of his identity, revealed by his driver’s license, which was found when a deputy removed a wallet from a pair of shorts during a motor vehicle inventory. Defendant first argues that the deputy obtained evidence of his identity in violation of Article I, section 9, of the…