State v. Jones

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for unlawful possession of methamphetamine, ORS 475.894. In a single assignment of error, defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence seized during a warrantless search. The trial court based the denial on its conclusion that defendant had abandoned any protected interests in the property when he failed to claim it prior to the search. Defendant argues that his failure to affirmatively claim the property in response to a police inquiry was insufficient, under the circumstances, to show an abandonment of…