State v. Booker

Defendant appeals her conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm. ORS 166.250. She assigns error to the court’s denial of her motion to suppress a gun that the police found in her purse.

The court found or could have found these facts: On February 17, 1990, a Tri-Met bus dispatcher radioed police that a male passenger was waving a gun or threatening passengers. Seven officers responded. They found the bus pulled over at the side of a northeast Portland street. The driver told them that the suspect was seated behind him on the left. The officers entered the bus from the front and rear…