Union Traffic Lawyer, Oregon

... DE MUNIZ, CJ. In these two criminal cases, consolidated for purposes of opinion, each defendant was charged with drug-related crimes based on evidence obtained during separate traffic stops. In each case, the Court of Appeals ...

... The following facts either are not in dispute or, if disputed, are consistent with the trial court's written findings. Corvallis Police Officer Van Arsdall noticed that defendant was driving a car with a burned-out license plate light, a traffic infraction under ORS 816.330. ...

... ROSENBLUM, Judges. ARMSTRONG, J. In this criminal action, the state appeals the trial court's pretrial order suppressing drug evidence obtained during a consensual search of defendant's person during a traffic stop. ORS 138.060 ...