Oregon v. Valdez

Defendant was charged with criminal activity in drugs in violation of ORS REF167.207./REF Prior to trial defendant successfully moved to suppress evidence discovered during the stopping of an automobile in which he was riding. The state appealed the suppression order, and the Court of Appeals reversed, REF27 Or App 329,/REF REF556 P2d 132/REF (1976). This court granted review. The principal issue is whether the police officers who stopped the vehicle in which defendant was riding had grounds for reasonable suspicion that the persons within the vehicle had committed a crime.