State v. Ramon

The defendant Peter Ramon, Jr., was convicted of the unlawful possession of marijuana and appeals.

On the 17th day of August, 1965, the defendant and one Caldwell were arrested in Baker, Oregon, for intoxication in a public place. Just prior to this arrest, defendant had been in conversation with a plain-clothes officer of the Baker police, who represented himself to be a painter, and it had been arranged by the defendant for the officer to purchase a “can” of marijuana. The actual sale was made by Caldwell.

The defendant’s automobile, which had been pointed out by him to the plain-clothes…