State v. Jones

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction for possession of a controlled substance, former ORS 475.992 (2003), renumbered as ORS 475.840 (2005), assigning error to the denial of her motion to suppress evidence discovered during a search of her purse. The trial court found that, contrary to defendant’s testimony and consistently with the testimony of the police officer who conducted the search, defendant consented. Defendant now argues that the trial court’s ruling was erroneous because her consent was obtained through exploitation of an unlawful stop and, in any event, there was no…