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State v. Dickerson

Citations

  • 898 P.2d 193
  • 135 Or. App. 192
  • 1995 Ore. App. LEXIS 929

How courts have described this case

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  • opening of defendant’s pocketknife was not justified by officer safety concerns because the knife was in an officer’s possession
  • opening pocketknife is search because it revealed evidence on blade not otherwise exposed to public view
  • opening and inspecting the blade of the defendant’s pocketknife was not justified by officer safety concerns, because the knife was not a threat after officers took possession of it
  • officer’s opening of pocketknife revealing evidence of tire slashing constituted a search where knife announced only that it contained a blade

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Judges: Leeson, De Muniz, Richardson, Deits, Edmonds

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