State v. Peterson

Defendant appeals his convictions for theft and attempted theft, ORS 164.055; ORS 161.405, challenging the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress. We affirm.

In July, 1989, Grace Zimmerman reported to police the theft of several antique dolls. She eventually discovered that her son had taken the dolls. He told her that he had sold two of them to defendant. When Zimmerman contacted defendant, he denied having purchased them. Some time later, Zimmerman saw her dolls in a consignment case, leased by defendant, at the Lafayette Schoolhouse Antique Mall. At the mall, antique dealers lease…