State v. Davis

The state appeals from a pre-trial ruling granting defendant’s motion to suppress on the ground that defendant’s arrest without a search warrant was constitutionally prohibited. We reverse.

In May, 1987, defendant was arrested for robbery and conditionally released pending trial. In July, 1987, he failed to appear in court, and a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. In January, 1988, defendant was charged with murder. ORS 163.115. The police received information that he was staying at his mother’s home in Mississippi. Multnomah County detectives went to Mississippi to arrest him on the…