State v. Nicholson

These criminal cases are consolidated for appeal. The state seeks reversal of orders of two trial courts suppressing evidence seized from a parked car and from rural premises. ORS 138.060(3). Both courts found that the initial seizure of the car was unlawful and that the later search, conducted pursuant to a warrant, was tainted. We affirm.

The evidence shows 1 that defendant Nicholson rented a motel room in Springfield. Other persons visited him there. When Nicholson checked out, he was accompanied by a second person. A maid found a coat that Nicholson had left behind. On examining it, she…