STATE v. REED

(97C-21727; CA A104112)

9 P.3d 738 (2000)

169 Or. App. 456

STATE of Oregon, Appellant, v. Aretha Len REED, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided August 30, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rolf C. Moan, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General.

Jennelle Hall, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief was David E. Groom, Public Defender.

Before De MUNIZ, Presiding Judge, and HASELTON and WOLLHEIM, Judges.


De MUNIZ, P.J.

The state appeals from an order suppressing evidence found in defendant's purse in the course of a search incident to her arrest for assault. ORS 138.060(3). The state argues that the trial court erred in suppressing methamphetamine found in film canisters in defendant's purse on the ground that the police officer's use of a flashlight to illuminate one of the film canisters constituted an unlawful search for purposes of Article I, section 9, of the...

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