State v. Black

The state appeals a trial court order granting defendant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained during a stop, in which a police officer was investigating the crime of illegal dumping, ORS 164.805, and which led to defendant’s arrest for driving while under the influence of intoxicants, ORS 813.010. ORS 138.060(3). We reverse.

Officer Haines received information that a “black van with an Oregon license plate TCR 546” was involved in illegal dumping. About an hour later, she saw a “midnight blue” van with the license plate TCR 546. She signaled, with her overhead lights, for the van to stop.…