STATE v. PEARSON

116105; A150179.

323 P.3d 994 (2014)

262 Or. App. 368

STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Bruce Ronald PEARSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Gartlan , Chief Defender, and Kali Montague , Deputy Public Defender, Office of Public Defense Services, filed the brief for appellant.

Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, Anna M. Joyce , Solicitor General, and David B. Thompson , Senior Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.

Before ORTEGA, Presiding Judge, and SERCOMBE, Judge, and HADLOCK, Judge.


ORTEGA, P.J.

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm, ORS 166.250. He assigns error to the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence of a firearm found in his car during a traffic stop. He argues that the officer discovered the evidence after unlawfully extending the traffic stop in violation of Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution. We conclude that the officer unlawfully extended the traffic stop when...

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