State v. Miller

Defendant appeals from the amended judgment on his conviction of possession of a controlled substance, peyote. ORS 475.992(4)(a).

The van in which defendant was a passenger was stopped by police officers after a high-speed chase. One of the officers involved had originally attempted to stop the van after seeing two men, one of whom was later identified as the defendant, leave a bar, in what the officer testified was an intoxicated condition, and enter the van before it was driven away. The officer followed the van at high speed with the van swerving from side to side on the road. The driver of…