State v. Eacret

Defendant appeals from her conviction of first-degree manslaughter of her husband. She assigns as error the denial of her motion to suppress evidence seized from her residence without a warrant and the admission of testimony that she made certain threats to others. We reverse and remand for a new trial because several items of evidence admitted at the trial were seized without a warrant in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, § 9 of the Oregon Constitution.

On November 23, 1977, at approximately 5:30 p.m., police officers in the city of Medford…