State v. Mundt

*410ROSSMAN, J.

These criminal cases were consolidated for appeal. In each, the state appeals from an order granting the defendant’s motion to suppress items seized during booking procedures. The issue is whether a booking officer who is conducting an administrative inventory of an arrestee’s possessions may open a wallet or a purse, including containers found inside the purse, in order to inventory the contents, without violating Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution. We reverse in State v. Mundt (CA A46629) and affirm in State v. Fincher (CAA46731).

In Mundt, defendant was arrested for…