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State v. Rhodes

Citations

  • 843 P.2d 927
  • 315 Or. 191
  • 1992 Ore. LEXIS 244

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • opening door of car that was stopped with its motor running was search
  • opening door of car that was stopped with its motor running was search
  • police officer has the right to stop and walk over to a pickup that was parked oddly on the street late at night
  • court would not reach question of officer’s authority to stop the defendant under community caretaking doctrine where statute provided authority for officer to stop defendant to investigate traffic crime
  • officer’s act of moving vehicle’s door from a few inches open to all the way open constituted a search because the officer’s “action permitted him to observe * * * what he otherwise could not have seen * * * from a lawful vantage point”

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Judges: Gillette

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