State v. Layman

Defendant appeals his conviction for unlawful possession of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992(4)(b). He assigns error to the court’s failure to suppress evidence obtained when officers inventoried the property in his possession during the booking process at a county jail. We reverse and remand.

Police arrested defendant on April 19, 1994, pursuant to a valid warrant and took him to the Lane County Adult Correctional Facility (LCACF). They booked him into that facility under the procedures specified in the LCACF manual. Those procedures included an inventory of the property in his possession.…