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STATE v. SNOW

99CR0872; A110840

39 P.3d 909 (2002)

179 Or. App. 222

STATE of Oregon, Appellant, v. Coy Randell SNOW, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided January 30, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas F. Zier, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General.

Ingrid A. MacFarlane, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief was David E. Groom, Public Defender.

Before HASELTON, Presiding Judge, and LINDER and WOLLHEIM, Judges.

HASELTON, P.J.

The state appeals from a pretrial order suppressing evidence obtained in a warrantless search of an automobile, arguing that the search fell within the "automobile exception" to the warrant requirement or, alternatively, that another exigency justified the search. We conclude that the automobile exception justified the search, and reverse and remand.

The following facts are not disputed. Just before noon on Monday, September 20, 1999, Josephine...

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