State v. Thornton

Apr 6, 1983
CT 82-1392 and CT 82-1396; CA A26186
Reporters:
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Before:
Gillette
PER CURIAM

The trial judge’s ruling in this ‍​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‍criminal case that a police officer’s request to see defendant’s driver’s license, after the ‍​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‍officer had pulled in behind defendant’s apparently-disabled vehicle, was an impermissible “stop” of defendant ‍​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‍is incorrect, as is the court’s order suppressing evidence based upon that conclusion. See State ‍​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‍v. Kennedy, 290 Or 493, 497, 624 P2d 99 (1981).

The trial court order suppressing evidence is reversed,, ‍​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‍and the case is remanded for trial.