State v. Okeke

*395NEWMAN, J.

Defendant appeals her conviction for carrying a concealed weapon. ORS 166.240. She challenges the court’s denial of her pretrial motion to suppress evidence, arguing that the search of her purse and seizure of a pistol from it by an employe of a detoxification center violated her right against unreasonable searches and seizures under Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution. We reverse.

Defendant was one of three passengers in a car stopped by a Multnomah County Deputy Sheriff, because the driver had committed a traffic violation. The officer detected the odor of alcohol on…