State v. Vasquez-Villagomez

In this aggravated murder case, the trial court concluded that the police did not have probable cause to arrest defendants without a warrant and granted defendants’ motion to suppress certain evidence obtained after their arrest. The state appeals directly to this court. ORS 138.060(2). For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the police had probable cause to arrest defendants and therefore reverse the trial court and remand for further proceedings.

We take the facts from the record and the trial court’s findings of fact. Defendants were arrested during the investigation of two east…