STATE v. HAMES

06C47677, A133950.

196 P.3d 88 (2008)

223 Or. App. 624

STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joshua Nathan HAMES, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided November 12, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan H. Fussner, Attorney-In-Charge, Criminal Appeals Unit, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General.

Bronson D. James, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Peter Gartlan, Chief Defender, Legal Services Division, Office of Public Defense Services.

Before SERCOMBE, Presiding Judge, and BREWER, Chief Judge, and RIGGS, Senior Judge.


BREWER, C.J.

In this prosecution for various drug offenses, the state appeals a trial court order suppressing evidence obtained as the result of a motor vehicle stop. ORS 138.060(1)(c). The state asserts that the trial court erred in concluding that the officer who performed the stop lacked reasonable suspicion to believe that defendant had committed a crime. ORS 131.615(1). We review for errors of law, ORS 138.220, and affirm.

The pertinent facts are not...

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