Oregon Supreme Court, December 9, 2021
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Summarized by Rankin Johnson, OCDLA
SEARCH AND SEIZURE - Coercive questioning
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Police stopped defendant by asking if he had just bought drugs from a man in an alleyway. Trial court and Court of Appeals reversed.
The court declined to create a bright-line test to determine when questioning became coercive enough to constitute a stop. In finding that the questioning in this case was coercive, the court reasoned that, by asking defendant if he possessed drugs, and asking for permission to search when he received a denial, the stopping officer conveyed that he was investigating defendant for a crime.
State v. Reyes-Herrera 369 Or 54 (December 9, 2021) (Walters) (Washington County, Butterfield)
