STATE v. COUGHENNOWER

10-87-03945; CA A46101.

770 P.2d 609 (1989)

95 Or.App. 699

STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. Stephen Lee COUGHENNOWER, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided March 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sally L. Avera, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the brief was Gary D. Babcock, Public Defender, Salem.

Vera Langer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before GRABER, P.J., and RIGGS and EDMONDS, JJ.


RIGGS, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for being an ex-convict in possession of a firearm. ORS 166.270. He assigns as error the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained in the search of an automobile in which he was a passenger.

A police officer stopped an automobile because a check of its license plates disclosed that the car did not match the vehicle described in Department of Motor Vehicle records. Defendant was a passenger...

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