State v. Colman-Pinning

383 Argued and submitted August 30, 2017, affirmed February 26, 2020 STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. NICHOLAS COLMAN-PINNING, Defendant-Appellant. Lincoln County Circuit Court 141564; A159431

461 P3d 994

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for multiple drug offenses, assigning error to the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained in a warrantless search of his vehicle after he was stopped on his way to a police-arranged drug buy. Defendant argues that, because law enforce- ment officers could have obtained a warrant to search his person, residence, or…