State v. Lambert

The state appeals the trial court’s order suppressing evidence seized from an apartment that was searched with the consent of one of its occupants. The trial court held that the occupant did not have the authority to consent. We disagree and reverse.

In response to information about illegal drug activity at apartment number 114 of a northwest Portland apartment complex, officer Uehara and two other Portland police officers arrived at that apartment and knocked on the door. A woman who identified herself as Jessica Babcock answered the door. Uehara asked Babcock if she lived there, and Babcock…