State v. Hampton

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for unlawful possession of a controlled substance, ORS 475.840(3)(a), based on evidence that a police officer obtained during a consensual search of a vehicle during a traffic stop. Defendant asserts that the trial court erred in summarily denying his pretrial motion to suppress for failure to comply with the Uniform Trial Court Rules. The state asserts that any error in not considering the merits of defendant’s motion was harmless because the evidence was admissible, and also cross-assigns error to the trial court’s later exclusion of defendant’s…