State v. Lichty

In this criminal case, defendant is charged with possession of a controlled substance, cocaine. An arresting officer observed and then seized the cocaine in plain view, after the officer stopped defendant on the basis of a named citizen’s report that defendant’s wallet had a bag of cocaine in it. Defendant moved the trial court to suppress the cocaine seized because, defendant argued, the named citizen’s report did not give the officer reasonable suspicion to justify the stop under ORS 131.615(1). The trial court suppressed the cocaine. The Court of Appeals affirmed. State v. Lichty, 110 Or…