State v. Cole

Defendants were charged with possession of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992. The state appeals from a trial court order allowing defendants’ motions to suppress. ORS 138.060(3). The dispositive issue is whether the police had probable cause to arrest defendants. We conclude that they did and reverse.

During the evening of April 25, 1986, Officer Janin and Officer Rhodes, a trainee, were on patrol on Farmington Road in Beaverton. They were in uniform in a marked police car. Rhodes drove while Janin watched the area. Near the intersection of Farmington Road and Lombard, Janin told Rhodes that…