Oregon Supreme Court· 4/18/1989

State v. Williamson

Citations

772 P.2d 404
307 Or. 621
1989 Ore. LEXIS 127

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holding that the defendant’s consent to a search of his truck at an illegal roadblock was involuntary because police threatened to detain him until they obtained a search warrant
suppressing evidence where the defendant’s consent to search was obtained, inter alia, because officers “were trading on evidence that they only had by virtue of the unlawful roadblock”
search not valid when consent is “obtained under the pressure of police action that became available to police only by the prior unauthorized conduct”
search not valid when consent is “obtained under the pressure of police action that became available to police only by the prior unauthorized conduct”
exploitation where police detected the smell of marijuana emanating from truck stopped at illegal roadblock
exploitation where police detected the smell of marijuana emanating from truck stopped at illegal roadblock

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Judges: Carson, Van Hoomissen, Linde, Jones

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