State v. Wright

The defendant Robert S. Wright was convicted of the crime of illegal possession of narcotics, and appeals.

On November 25, 1966, officers of the Portland police obtained a search warrant for the defendant’s room in the Kent Hotel. The search was for parking meter keys that purportedly were used for robbing the city’s parking meters. The officers searched the room and found therein a capsule containing a powdery substance, also a syringe and the usual equipment of narcotic users. Officer Johnson thereupon conducted a field test and discovered the capsule contained heroin. He then advised the…