State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. Huskey

The state appeals from a juvenile court order suppressing all evidence concerning a shoe print observed by an officer near the scene of a suspected arson fire. We reverse and remand.

In July, 1992, Detective Iliff, of the Oregon State Police, was investigating a series of suspicious fires that had occurred in an area of Wasco County. He was driving in his vehicle with Dwight Huskey when they were flagged down by Dwight’s brother, Kenneth. Kenneth reported that another fire had started nearby. Dwight Huskey immediately left to get his tractor to fight the fire. Iliff went about 100 feet into…