State v. Garza

Defendant appeals his conviction for providing false information to a police officer for a citation. ORS 162.385. We affirm.

Defendant was a passenger in a car that was lawfully stopped by an officer for erratic driving and suspicion of an open container violation. While one officer spoke with the driver, Officer Shroder approached the passenger side of the car. He saw two unopened cans of beer and one open bottle of beer on the floor in front of the passenger’s seat, which was occupied by defendant. Shroder asked defendant to step out of the car. Then, in both English and Spanish, he asked…