State v. Barnthouse

The decision of the Court of Appeals and the judgment of the circuit court are affirmed.

BREWER, J.

The issue on review in this case is whether police officers’ handling of an express mail package violated the rights of defendant — the package’s addressee — to be free from an unreasonable seizure of the package under Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution, and the Fourth Amendment to the United Sates Constitution. As explained below, we conclude that the officers’ actions violated Article I, section 9, and that defendant is entitled to suppression of the evidence discovered as a…