State v. Cate

Defendant, having waived a jury, was convicted by the court of illegal possession of narcotics. ORS 474.020. He appeals, and assigns as error denial of his motion to suppress evidence.

The evidence of the police officer alone was sufficient to establish the following:

During business hours on the morning of July 8, 1970, Oregon State Police Officer Veteto had occasion to telephone Mrs. Margaret Whitsell about certain matters unrelated to this charge. During that conversation Mrs. Whitsell asked Officer Veteto to meet her. Concerning that meeting, Officer Veteto testified:

“* * * I didn’t know…