State v. Caproni

The state appeals under ORS 138.060 (3) from a trial court order suppressing evidence seized in a warrantless search of axt automobile.

The evidence was that a policeman received an anonymous tip that two particularly described persons in a light green, 1969 Ford van would park at a particularly described location in downtown Eugene three hours later and that they would be selling baggies of marihuana from the van. The described van was observed to arrive on schedule and the two male occupants matched the description given. An officer stopped the vehicle and the driver was removed. The driver…