State v. Raymond

The state appeals an order granting defendant’s pretrial motion to suppress urinalysis results, challenging, inter alia, the trial court’s ruling that the exigency exception to the warrant requirement of Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution did not excuse the warrantless procurement of a urine sample from defendant. See ORS 138.060(l)(c) (authorizing state to appeal pretrial order suppressing evidence). We conclude that, because the circumstances under which the urine sample was procured were exigent, there is no state law basis for suppression of the urinalysis results.…