State v. Hathaway

This is a companion case to State v. Taylor, 116 Or App 647, 842 P2d 460 (1992), mod 119 Or App 209, 850 P2d 1118 (1993). The trial court adopted the findings of fact made by the trial court in State v. Taylor, supra, added additional findings, and granted defendant’s motion to suppress under State v. Porter, 312 Or 112, 817 P2d 1306 (1991). In Taylor, we said that Porter did not control, because the search of a pillowcase was not based on a traffic stop, but on the officer’s observations of the contents of the vehicle in the light of other information of which he was aware. We held that the…