State v. Armstrong

Defendant appeals from conviction of theft in the first degree. ORS 164.055. He contends the circuit court erred in refusing to grant in its entirety his motion to suppress "all evidence of statements made by [him] or his Co-Defendant * * *” immediately prior to their arrest, as well as property subsequently seized from him. Pointing out that investigating officers illegally "intercepted” and monitored a conversation in which he and his codefendant participated in violation of the terms of ORS 165.540(1)(c), 1 defendant suggests that all evidence of statements made during that conversation,…