State v. Willhite

*569JOSEPH, C. J.

Defendant appeals his convictions for possession of controlled substances. ORS 475.992. He assigns as error the trial court’s failure to suppress evidence seized during an inventory of the vehicle that he was driving when he was arrested. We reverse.

Defendant was driving a car borrowed from a friend. A Tigard police officer noticed that the license plates had expired and signalled him to stop. Defendant drove into a restaurant parking lot, parked the car and locked it, then stood at the rear of the car. After checking defendant’s identity, the officer arrested him on an…