State v. Jackson

Defendant appeals his conviction for possession of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992. He assigns as error the admission of the testimony of a deputy sheriff as to what he observed during a warrantless search of defendant’s property, after defendant’s motion to suppress the evidence seized in that search had been allowed. Our recent decision in State v. Ohling, 70 Or App 249, 688 P2d 1394 (1984), compels us to reverse and remand.

Defendant lives on a 23-acre farm in a remote area of Douglas County in the last and northernmost residence on the road leading to his house. A barbed-wire fence…