State v. Brownlie

After a stipulated facts trial to the court, defendant was convicted of possession of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992. She appeals and assigns error to the trial court’s denial of her motion to suppress. We reverse.

The record shows the following facts. As a security measure, the presiding judge of the circuit court ordered that entry to the Clackamas County Courthouse be restricted to a single entrance and that members of the public be screened for weapons before entering the building. Signs posted outside the entrance to the courthouse and inside at the screening station notify those…