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State v. Davis

Citations

  • 809 P.2d 125
  • 106 Or. App. 546
  • 1991 Ore. App. LEXIS 551

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that search of house at 1877 S.E. Main Street was unauthorized because warrant authorized search only of house at 1837 S.E. Main Street
  • stating that an “officer’s independent knowledge cannot cure an erroneous description” in a warrant
  • “[T]he authority of an officer to search premises under a search warrant is wholly circumscribed by the description in the warrant. * * * The officer’s independent knowledge cannot cme an erroneous description.”
  • “[BJecause the warrant was directed to ‘any police officer of Douglas County,’ there was no assurance that the affiant would be the executing officer. The officer’s knowledge of the contents of the affidavit is irrelevant.”

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Judges: Edmonds, Warren, Rossman, Deits, Riggs

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