State v. Bright

The state has taken this appeal from an order suppressing evidence upon the ground that the search which produced it was unreasonable.

On April 24, 1971, at 11:30 a.m., a police officer came upon a passenger vehicle parked upon the right-hand shoulder of a paved road in a mountainous and unpopulated area of Lincoln County. The car had a flat rear tire and a “For Sale” sign in a rear window upon which was written a Lincoln City telephone number. The automobile bore out-of-state license plates. There were two gas cans, two fire extinguishers and some tires visible in the back part of the…