State v. Turner

Defendant appeals his conviction for carrying a concealed weapon, namely, a ninja sword. ORS 166.240. The issue on appeal is whether the officer stopped defendant without reasonable suspicion to believe that defendant was carrying a concealed weapon. We review the trial court’s denial of the motion to suppress for errors of law, State v. Woodall, 181 Or App 213, 217, 45 P3d 484 (2002), and conclude that, having seen a sufficient portion of the ninja sword to identify it as a sword, the officer did not reasonably suspect that it was “concealed” within the meaning of ORS 166.240. His stop of…