State v. Woodall

Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of possession of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992. Defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence discovered by police inside a metal box found in his truck. We reverse and remand.

In August 1999, Sergeant Calvert of the Cornelius Police Department stopped defendant for failure to use a seat belt while driving his truck. When Calvert reached the truck, he recognized the passenger in the truck as a person whom other officers had, in the past, observed as being under the influence of methamphetamine.…