State v. Warner

*422BUTTLER, P. J.

Defendant appeals his conviction for possession of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992(4). He assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained in a warrantless search of his pickup truck. We reverse.

On the morning of June 20, 1990, Detective Fenter, working undercover, informed Officer McCartney that, in his pickup, defendant might be carrying methamphetamine, substances used to manufacture methamphetamine and an escapee. From a long distance, McCartney first saw defendant’s pickup travelling in the opposite direction at a very slow speed,…