State v. Nguyen

The state appeals from a trial court order suppressing evidence acquired as the result of a motor vehicle stop. The state contends that the trial court erred in concluding that the deputy who performed the stop did not have reasonable suspicion to believe that defendant had committed a crime. ORS 131.615(1). We review for errors of law, ORS 138.220, and reverse.

At 2:51 a.m. on April 24, 1998, a named citizen informant telephoned the Washington County Sheriffs Office and reported a “car prowl” in progress at the parking lot of the Tapióla Manor Apartments on 180th Avenue in Aloha. She reported…