Court of Appeals of Oregon, 2009

State v. Parra

State v. Parra
Court of Appeals of Oregon · Decided May 27, 2009 · Landau, Ortega, Schuman
228 Or. App. 748; 209 P.3d 425; 2009 Ore. App. LEXIS 741

State v. Parra

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for possession of a Schedule II controlled substance. ORS 475.840(3)(b). She assigns error to the denial of her motion to suppress evidence obtained when a police officer retained her identification and asked for consent to search her after the initial basis for the stop had dissipated. The state concedes that, once the officer no longer had reasonable suspicion that defendant had engaged in criminal conduct, the retention of her identification created an unlawful seizure, and the request for consent to search was the product of that unlawful seizure. We agree with the parties that the trial court erred in denying the motion to suppress. See State v. Strader, 224 Or App 38, 43, 197 P3d40 (2008) (retaining identification after the time necessary to complete initial lawful stop is an unlawful seizure).

Reversed and remanded.

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