State v. Dempster

The defendant appeals from a conviction in Multnomah county of illegal possession of narcotics. He assigns as error only the denial of his motion to suppress as evidence the narcotics and a hypodermic syringe and needle taken from his person.

The evidence adduced at the hearing of the motion to suppress established the following basic facts. During the evening of January 6, 1966, the defendant was stopped on the street in Portland by Sergeant Kuntz, a police officer. The officer knew defendant and questioned him about his activities and learned that defendant was on probation. Defendant was…