Legal Opinion

State v. Turchik

Court of Appeals of Oregon

Decided August 10, 1981No. 80-61C, CA 18737PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*501VAN HOOMISSEN, J.

Defendant appeals his jury conviction for possession of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992. The issue on appeal is whether the police had probable cause to conduct a warrantless search of defendant’s vehicle, and, if so, whether exigent circumstances justified the warrantless search of a closed shoebox found inside the vehicle.

As Officers Stroup and Hawkins were patrolling Highway 97 in Klamath County, they observed a 1976 Volkswagon Rabbit cross the center line twice, the second time in the path of an oncoming truck and trailer. They stopped the vehicle and asked the…

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  4. Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. United States v. ChadwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. TallmanCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1985
  2. State v. BingmanCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1999
  3. State v. RoundsCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1984
  4. State v. TallmanCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1985
  5. State v. TallmanCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1985

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