Legal Opinion
State v. Jackson
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided February 15, 1984No. 10-81-11077 CA A24955, 10-81-02508 CA A24956 SC 29473PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*432JONES, J.
The issue is whether the trial court should be reversed for ordering suppression of evidence obtained by a traffic officer’s flashlight observation of the interior of a motor vehicle that he had stopped for a traffic infraction.
We quote from the trial court’s findings:
“On the night of February 20, 1981, Defendant as the operator of a van entered upon East 11th Avenue from an alley between Mill and Ferry Streets in the City of Eugene, Oregon. East 11th Avenue is a one way street but no signing to that effect was posted for motorists coming onto it from that alley and Defendant turned…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Texas v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Smith v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Ball v. GladdenOregon Supreme Court · 1968
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3Cited by42 opinions
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