State v. Pollock

The issue in this criminal case is whether the police had probable cause to arrest defendant, thereby justifying a search incident to the arrest. Two women told a police officer that defendant had tried to sell them a controlled substance, the illegal drug ecstasy, while they were visiting a bar in Old Town in Portland. The officer arrested defendant and, upon searching him incident to the arrest, discovered a large sum of money and the drug. Defendant later was charged with delivery and possession of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992(1) and (4). Before trial, defendant moved to suppress…