State v. MEDINGER

The state appeals the trial court’s order suppressing evidence obtained after a police officer stopped defendant and drove him to the scene of a crime. ORS 137.060(l)(c). The trial court concluded that the officer had arrested defendant without probable cause, and rejected the state’s inevitable discovery argument. We affirm.

We take the following facts from the trial court record and the trial court’s findings. See State v. Ehly, 317 Or 66, 75, 854 P2d 421 (1993) (“A trial court’s findings of historical fact are binding on appellate courts if there is constitutionally sufficient evidence in…