State v. Trevino/Ahumada

Defendants were charged with multiple counts of delivery of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992. The state appeals a pretrial order suppressing evidence found in warrantless searches of different locations. We reverse and remand.

These facts are not in dispute. Portland police were investigating Stevens for distributing cocaine. On June 23, 1992, Officer Keist received information from a confidential informant that Stevens was going to Gresham that evening to purchase cocaine. Police setup surveillance on Stevens. Later that evening, Stevens left his…