State v. Coatney

Defendant appeals his conviction by the court of attempted possession of a controlled substance. He assigns as error the trial court’s denial of his motion to controvert the underlying affidavit; denial of his motion to suppress evidence; and the court’s finding that he was in attempted possession of a controlled substance.

Defendant shared a three-bedroom house, located at 2906 Portland Road, Newberg, Oregon, with David M. Anderson, who was a suspect in an attempted burglary investigation. Officer Farrington, the police officer investigating the burglary, submitted an affidavit for a search…