State v. Cleveland

Defendant was convicted of delivery of a controlled substance, a Class “B” felony. ORS 475.992. She appealed, assigning error to the trial court’s denial of a motion to suppress evidence of conversations that police obtained through use of an electronic device, i.e., a body wire, hidden on the person of a police informant. The Court of Appeals affirmed in a per curiam decision that cited State v. Bass, 126 Or App 303, 868 P2d 761 (1994). State v. Cleveland, 127 Or App 559, 872 P2d 997 (1994).

Defendant’s motion sought suppression of evidence of statements by defendant and other persons…