Legal Opinion
State v. Kosta
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided October 16, 1985No. C82-12-38992; CA A28823PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtButtler, J.
Defendant appeals his conviction for possession of cocaine, 1 contending that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence, in holding that testimony of police officers was sufficient to uphold the conviction and in refusing to analyze the issues presented by applying state law first. We affirm.
The Portland police received several anonymous telephone calls advising that packages of cocaine were being shipped regularly from San Diego to the Portland area via Federal Express. Some, but not all, of the successive calls added new information. Finally, on December 6, 1982, the…
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3Cited by22 opinions
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