State v. Stevens

Defendant seeks reversal of her conviction for unlawful possession of methamphetamine, ORS 475.894, in Case No. A156431,1 assigning error to the trial court’s denial of her motion to suppress. She argues that a search of her backpack violated Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution because her consent to the search was coerced.2 In particular, she asserts that the requesting officer implied that defendant’s parole officer was directing the search request and that she believed that failure to consent would subject her to sanctions for violating her parole. Alternatively, defendant…