Court Opinion

ID: 9577872
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:39:01.768362+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:21:23.903576
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WARDEN, J.,
specially concurring.
I concur because the police had probable cause to search defendant’s car and because the recently-discovered automobile exception to the warrant requirement of Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution excuses their failure to obtain a warrant. State v. Brown, 301 Or 268, 721 P2d 1357 (1986); State v. Bennett, 301 Or 299, 721 P2d 1375 (1986). Whether defendant could properly consent to the search after *630requesting a lawyer is therefore irrelevant. I do not necessarily agree with my colleagues’ resolution of that issue. Neither do I think that it was necessary for them to discuss it. See State v. Bradbury, 80 Or App 613, 723 P2d 1051 (1986) (Warden, J., specially concurring).