State v. Perry

We allowed review in this case to consider the propriety of an “inventory search” by police of luggage belonging to a person temporarily detained for detoxification. We hold that under the circumstances presented by this case, the search was not proper and reverse the Court of Appeals and the trial court.

Shortly after noon on November 13, 1982, the Rose-burg police received a call reporting an intoxicated person in front of the bus station. A police officer went to the bus station and saw defendant staggering. The police officer saw that when defendant reached the edge of the sidewalk of a…