STATE v. MEDINGER

090617FE, 090618FE; A142025 (Control), A142026.

230 P.3d 76 (2010)

235 Or. App. 88

STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ronnie Scott MEDINGER, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 28, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel A. Kubernick, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were John R. Kroger, Attorney General, and Jerome Lidz, Solicitor General.

Ryan T. O'Connor, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Peter Gartlan, Chief Defender, Office of Public Defense Services.

Before WOLLHEIM, Presiding Judge, and BREWER, Chief Judge, and SERCOMBE, Judge.


WOLLHEIM, P.J.

The state appeals the trial court's order suppressing evidence obtained after a police officer stopped defendant and drove him to the scene of a crime. ORS 137.060(1)(c). The trial court concluded that the officer had arrested defendant without probable cause, and rejected the state's inevitable discovery argument. We affirm.

We take the following facts from the trial court record and the trial court's findings. See State v. Ehly,

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