Legal Opinion
State v. Downes
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided October 31, 1977No. 76-4039, CA 7366PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSchwab, C. J.
The issue presented by this appeal is whether the police may make a warrantless search of luggage found inside a motor vehicle after the vehicle has been removed from the place of the driver’s arrest to a private lot. We hold that they may.
The pertinent facts are as follows. In July 1976, an undercover investigator of the Lane Interagency Narcotics Team was introduced to the defendant by several of the defendant’s friends. The defendant resided in a motor vehicle, a Ford bus, at Prairie Road in Lane County. The investigator had been requested to bring a bottle of a drug, P-2-P, to the Prairie…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. ChadwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. GreeneOregon Supreme Court · 1979
- State v. GrodaOregon Supreme Court · 1979
- State v. DownesOregon Supreme Court · 1979
- State v. FondrenOregon Supreme Court · 1979
- State v. DeLongCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1979
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