STATE v. SINES

(CC 06FE1054AB; CA A146025; SC S062493).

379 P.3d 502 (2016)

359 Or. 41

STATE of Oregon, Petitioner on Review, v. John Albert SINES, Respondent on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided April 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Casper , Deputy Solicitor General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner. With him on the brief were Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, and Anna M. Joyce , Solicitor General.

Lawrence Matasar , Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent. With him on the brief was Lisa A. Maxfield , Pacific Northwest Law LLP, Portland.

Before BALMER, Chief Justice, and KISTLER, WALTERS, LINDER, LANDAU, BALDWIN, Justices, and SERCOMBE, Judge of the Court of Appeals, Justice pro tempore.


This case requires us to consider whether a private citizen's seizure of criminal evidence was subject to suppression at trial as the fruit of an unlawful government search. Defendant came to the attention of law enforcement after his housekeeper anonymously called the child protective services division of the Department of Human Services...

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