State v. Cortez

Defendant was convicted and sentenced for possession of dangerous drug. (ORS 475.100.) The material assignment of error is that defendant’s motion to suppress evidence should have been sustained.

A deputy sheriff observed an automobile at about 1:25 a.m. on March 8,1971, driving on the wrong side of the road, make a turn onto another road, and continue on the wrong side. When he attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver of the vehicle attempted to pull into a private driveway, missed and attempted again to get into the driveway. The woman who was driving got out, and the officer observed that…