State v. Crook

pro tempore.

Defendant appeals his conviction for burglary in the second degree after a trial on stipulated facts. He challenges the denial of his motion to suppress. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

At 6 a.m. on April 29, 1986, Officer Larkin of the Portland Police Bureau received a radio report that a burglary of a store was in progress. The broadcast included a description of the suspect’s height, weight, age and clothing, as well as information that the suspect had been seen moving items of stolen property to a full-sized green station wagon displaying out-of-state license plates.…