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State v. Morton

Citations

  • 953 P.2d 374
  • 326 Or. 466
  • 1998 Ore. LEXIS 25

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  • if a defendant has actual or constructive possession of property immediately before it is searched, the defendant has a constitutionally protected possessory inter- est in that property
  • when defendant dropped container only after police had begun taking defendant into custody, \the state cannot separate the act of arrest from the dropping of the container; the seizure [of the container] can be proper only if the arrest itself was authorized by a valid warrant\

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Judges: Carson, Gillette, Van Hoomissen, Graber, Durham

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