State v. Castillo-Salgado

Defendant appeals a conviction for possession of cocaine. ORS 475.992. Defendant assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained without a warrant. The issue is whether police conducted an unlawful search when they looked through a gap in Venetian blinds into a kitchen window of an apartment without a warrant as they approached the front door of the apartment. We review for errors of law and are bound by the trial court’s findings of fact that are supported by evidence in the record. State v. Ehly, 317 Or 66, 74-75, 854 P2d 421 (1993). Under the…