Legal Opinion
State v. Wright
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided July 5, 1977No. C 76-09-12658, CA 7345PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThornton, P. J.
This is a criminal appeal prosecuted by the state. The issue presented is whether the trial court erred in granting defendant’s motion to suppress and destroy a handgun seized by police from defendant’s automobile under the following circumstances:
About 10:30 p.m. on August 22,1976, two Portland police officers on motor patrol received a radio call about "a possible molest of a child.” When the officers arrived at the address given, they found a nine-year-old girl in her nightgown waiting outside an apartment building.
She told the officers that defendant was living with her mother and that he…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Cooper v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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