State v. Campbell

DE MUNIZ, S. J.

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for unlawful possession of methamphetamine.1 ORS 475.894. He assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. We affirm.

Two Portland Police Officers, Yakots and Hettman, observed defendant standing in front of a park bench in an area of downtown Portland that they associated with drug activity. Defendant appeared disheveled. He was going through items in a book bag, which lay open on a park bench. Some of defendant’s personal items were spread out on the bench.

Yakots and Hettman parked their patrol car near…