State v. Crites

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for transporting special forest products without a permit. OES 164.813. He contends that the trial court erred in denying a motion to suppress evidence of the crime that was obtained when an officer stopped his truck without reasonable suspicion that defendant had committed any crime. We affirm.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. Deputy Swanson, a forest patrol officer for the Clatsop County Sheriffs Department, was patrolling a rural section of Highway 26 when he observed defendant drive by. It was dark at the time, but as defendant’s truck…