State v. Richey

Defendant appeals from a post judgment order of the district court denying his motion pursuant to ORS 133.6331 for return of seized alcoholic liquor.

The essential facts are: Two OLCC agents observed defendant and another person purchase twenty nine bottles of alcoholic liquor in California and then transport the liquor into Oregon. Defendant was charged in district court with unlawful importation of alcoholic liquor in violation of ORS 471.405(2).2 Defendant filed a motion to suppress the evidence because of an unlawful search and seizure of the liquor from the trunk of his automobile without…