State v. Krause

HADLOCK, C. J.,

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for unlawful possession of methamphetamine (ORS 475.894), assigning error to the trial court’s denial of her suppression motion.1 A police officer found methamphetamine inside an Altoids tin in defendant’s backpack. Defendant contends that the officer’s search of the Altoids tin was unlawful and, accordingly, the trial court erred when it denied her motion to suppress the evidence found within that container. For the reasons set forth below we disagree and, accordingly, affirm.

We describe the pertinent facts as found by the trial…