Legal Opinion
State v. Thirdgill
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided June 16, 1980No. DA 148345-7804, CA 16155PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJoseph, P.J.
The state appeals from the trial court’s order sustaining defendant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of a warrantless search. The issue is whether the court erred in ordering the suppression based on its conclusion that the "inventory search” of defendant’s car trunk was unreasonable.
On March 31, 1978, police officers were dispatched to a restaurant in Portland to investigate a theft of services. The manager advised the officers that defendant had ordered breakfast — a $1.70 order of waffles, had consumed the meal and then had said he could not pay for it. The officers asked…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Cady v. DombrowskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- State v. KellerOregon Supreme Court · 1973
- State v. ChildersCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1973
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. BridewellOregon Supreme Court · 1988
- State v. GoffWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. BrinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Morton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
- Commonwealth v. DunnMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1993
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