State v. Florance

Defendant was convicted of the possession of drugs which had been taken from his billfold after his *173arrest on another charge. A motion to suppress that evidence, based upon a claim of unlawful search and seizure, had been previously denied by the trial court. The Court of Appeals reversed the conviction, holding that it was error to deny that motion. 15 Or App 118, 515 P2d 195 (1973). We granted a petition for review by the state because the case presents serious questions relating to the nature and scope of the search of a person as an incident to an arrest, particularly as a result of the…