State v. Crosby

Defendant was charged with theft of a rifle. The state, pursuant to ORS 136.080, appeals a circuit court order suppressing the rifle and certain other evidence seized from defendant’s automobile by the Caldwell, Idaho, Police Department. Defendant had been arrested in Caldwell. The automobile was searched pursuant to a search warrant which the parties now agree was invalid. The state contends, however, the police had probable cause and exigent circumstances to search the vehicle and that, in any event, the evidence would have been uncovered pursuant to a valid inventory of the automobile. We…