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State v. Mundt

Citations

  • 780 P.2d 234
  • 98 Or. App. 407
  • 1989 Ore. App. LEXIS 1091

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that wallets and purses may be inventoried because they are “primarily intended to be used to store valuables”
  • opening Tylenol bottle or cigarette box is not reasonable in relation to the purpose of a booking inventory policy
  • opening Tylenol bottle or cigarette box is not reasonable in relation to the purpose of a booking inventory policy
  • purses and wallets are “uniquely designed” for the purpose of holding “valuable property”
  • if an inventory policy is silent on the handling of closed containers but requires that specified items be inventoried, the policy implicitly requires officers to open “every type of container designed or objectively likely to contain” those items (emphasis in original)

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Judges: Buttler, Warren, Rossman, Fincher, Mundt

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