State v. Chavez-Rodriguez

The state appeals a pretrial order suppressing evidence seized in a warrantless search of a car in which defendant was a passenger. ORS 138.060(1)(c). The trial court suppressed the evidence on the basis that police officers had unlawfully extended a traffic stop of defendant at the time the evidence was discovered and that the officers lacked reasonable suspicion to extend the original stop. As explained below, we affirm.