State v. Reich

SERCOMBE, S. J.

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for unlawful possession of methamphetamine, ORS 475.894, entered after a conditional guilty plea. Defendant assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence discovered following a traffic stop. He contends that the traffic stop was extended by a request to search his person and that the extension was unlawful because it did not occur during an “unavoidable lull” in the investigation of the traffic violation, nor was it justified by reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct. We agree with defendant’s…