State v. Cameron

The state appeals from an order of the trial court granting, after hearing, the defendant’s pretrial motion to suppress certain evidence seized by the police substantially contemporaneously with the defendant’s arrest. ORS 133.683. The record shows:

“[THE COURT] The only question I see is in conducting an inventory search before having a vehicle towed by a private towing company to a private garage [sic]. Is the officer authorized to open a paper sack to see what’s in it? Isn’t that the only question here?

“MR. KELLER [district attorney]: I believe it is, Your Honor.”

Thus it is clear that the…