State v. Chipley

*693SCHWAB, C. J.

The state appeals from an order suppressing evidence seized after a warrantless search of the defendant’s person. ORS 138.060(3).

In September 1976 defendant was attempting to board a commercial airline flight at the Eugene airport when he triggered the alarm on a magnetometer — a device used to detect the presence of metallic objects. A private security guard employed by the airport to operate the magnetometer requested that defendant place all metallic objects in his pockets into a tray and walk through the magnetometer again. Defendant placed a number of objects into the tray…