State v. Bridgeman

The state appeals from a pretrial order granting defendant’s motion to suppress evidence in a prosecution for possession of a controlled substance, ORS 475.992(4), and delivery of a controlled substance, ORS 475.992(1). We conclude that the warrantless search that yielded the suppressed evidence was not justified by reasonable officer safety concerns or under any exception to the warrant requirement. Accordingly, we affirm.

On review of a motion to suppress, we are bound by the trial court’s factual findings if there is sufficient evidence in the record to support them. State v. Ehly, 317 Or…