Case Name: STATE OF OREGON, Appellant, v. ROBERT KEITH SHELTON, Respondent
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1989-01-25
Citations: 95 Or. App. 127
Docket Number: 87-2550-C-2; CA A47118
Parties: STATE OF OREGON, Appellant, v. ROBERT KEITH SHELTON, Respondent.
Judges: Before Richardson, Presiding Judge, and Deits and Riggs, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 95
Pages: 127–128

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted July 20,1988,
reversed and remanded January 25, 1989
STATE OF OREGON, Appellant, v. ROBERT KEITH SHELTON, Respondent.
(87-2550-C-2; CA A47118)
767 P2d 496
Jonathan H. Fussner, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, and Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General, Salem.
Mary Reese, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were Gary D. Babcock, Public Defender, and Peter Gartlan, Salem.
Before Richardson, Presiding Judge, and Deits and Riggs, Judges.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Defendant was charged with possession of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992(4). The state appeals a pretrial order suppressing evidence, contending that the seizure was valid under either the "plain view" or the "emergency" exception to the warrant requirement. In granting defendant's motion, the trial court stated only:
"It's close. The balance is an extremely close situation, but I think it's the Court's responsibility to resolve close calls in favor of the defendants, so I will suppress the evidence."
That order is not sufficient for effective review, because it lacks any finding of historical fact or conclusions of law. We cannot discern the factual or legal basis for the ruling. We therefore reverse the order. State v. Wise, 305 Or 78, 81, 749 P2d 1179 (1988); see also State v. Raygoza, 90 Or App 473, 475-76, 752 P2d 1253 (1988).
Reversed and remanded.