State v. Sjogren

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for unlawful possession of methamphetamine in violation of ORS 475.894. He assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence discovered after a law enforcement officer stopped him for trespassing. Specifically, defendant asserts that, before the evidence was discovered, the officer had unlawfully seized him without reasonable suspicion in violation of Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution. Because we conclude that the officer’s stop of defendant was not supported by reasonable suspicion, we reverse and remand.

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