State v. Craig

FLYNN, J., pro tempore

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for DUII, ORS 813.010(1). She assigns error to the trial court’s denial of her motion to suppress evidence that, defendant contends, resulted from the unlawful extension of an otherwise lawful stop by a state trooper. We conclude that the officer had reasonable suspicion to continue the stop to investigate the crime of DUII after the initial basis for the stop dissipated. Accordingly, we affirm.

We review the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion to suppress for errors of law, but in doing so we are bound by the trial…