State v. Giffen

Defendant appeals from a conviction for unlawful possession of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992(4)(b). She assigns as error the trial court’s denial of her motion to suppress contraband seized from her vehicle. We reverse.

While police were conducting a search of defendant’s residence pursuant to a warrant, she arrived and was arrested. Defendant denied that items previously seized by the police pursuant to the warrant belonged to her. The police located defendant’s car parked on the street approximately 100 feet from her residence. After she refused to consent to a search of her car, it…