State v. Pollock

The state appeals from a pretrial order suppressing evidence. The trial court ruled that defendant’s offer to sell two women a controlled substance was insufficient to establish probable cause to believe that he attempted to transfer the controlled substance to them. We reverse and remand.

We state the facts consistently with the trial court’s written findings. On March 28, 2001, Officer Brian Hubbard was on patrol in Old Town in Portland. At approximately 1:00 a.m., Iran Johnson flagged Hubbard down. Johnson told him that “[a] gal at Fourth and Burnside was sick and had possibly been given…