State v. Nye

GARRETT, J. pro tempore.

*560Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for possession of methamphetamine, ORS 475.894. In a single assignment of error, defendant challenges the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence discovered during a traffic stop, arguing, among other things, that the officer's patdown of defendant that led to the discovery of the evidence was unlawful. For the reasons explained below, we agree with defendant and reverse.

We review a trial court's denial of a motion to suppress for legal error and are bound by the trial court's findings if they are supported by…