State v. Paasch

The state appeals from a pretrial order suppressing evidence found in a warrantless search. ORS 138.060(3). We affirm.

A woman found defendant’s wallet at a shopping mall in The Dalles. Inside the wallet she found identification, a razor blade and a small plastic bag of what she thought was cocaine. The woman replaced all the items and gave the wallet to a clerk at the Wasco County Sheriffs office. She explained that she had found a wallet containing drugs and that she did not want anything further to do with it. She would not leave her name. After examining the wallet’s contents, the clerk…