State v. Davis

Defendant challenges his conviction for unlawful possession of methamphetamine, ORS 475.894, assigning error to the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress. He argues that the officer unlawfully extended an otherwise lawful stop by investigating whether he possessed drugs without reasonable suspicion. Although he acknowledges that the officer had reasonable suspicion to initially stop him to investigate a reported theft, he contends that the officer’s observation that defendant appeared to be under the influence of intoxicants did not provide the officer with reasonable suspicion to…