Authority of peace officer to arrest without warrant
Source:
Section 133.310 — Authority of peace officer to arrest without warrant, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors133.html
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Notes of Decisions
In general
Where arresting officers entered house within 10 to 15 minutes after report of burglary where burglary victim believed defendant lived, circumstances were sufficiently exigent to justify entry to make probable cause arrest. State v. Ellett, 33 Or App 447, 576 P2d 839 (1978)
Where plaintiff delivered to police proof that her husband had been served with order restraining him from molesting family and then reported to police series of violations of order but police refused to arrest husband, court held that officers who knowingly failed to enforce judicial order issued under Abuse Prevention Act are potentially liable for resulting harm to psychic and physical health of intended beneficiaries of the order. Nearing v. Weaver, 295 Or 702, 670 P2d 137 (1983)
Warrantless arrest, not in defendant’s home, if based upon probable cause does not violate Article I, Section 9 of the Oregon Constitution. State v. Mace, 67 Or App 753, 681 P2d 140 (1984), Sup Ct review denied
Where county held parolee subject to official communication that State Board of Parole had issued warrant for parolee’s arrest, parolee’s right to be free of unreasonable seizures was not violated; officer need not have copy of warrant or order in hand but may rely on official communication indicating that warrant exists. Waller v. Drago, 611 F Supp 405 (1985)
Where evidence showed that tribal law incorporated Oregon law concerning arrest for drunken driving, allowing arrest if officer has probable cause to believe person has committed major traffic offense, tribal officer was authorized to make such arrest. United States v. Strong, 778 F2d 1393 (1985)
Facts were sufficient to justify stop when, after receiving information of violation of restraining order, officer, shortly after notice, observed defendant driving vehicle in vicinity of violation which matched description he had been given. State v. Steinke, 88 Or App 626, 746 P2d 758 (1987)
Arrest warrant issued for defendant by county in this state is “duly issued warrant” because “any state” as used in this section applies to all states including this state. State v. Meier, 259 Or App 482, 314 P3d 359 (2013), Sup Ct review denied
Probable cause to believe commission of felony
Generally speaking reasonable cause to arrest and reasonable cause to search are synonymous. State v. Hodge, 11 Or App 525, 504 P2d 143 (1972)
Probable cause can be supplied by information from an informant if the information describes the accused’s criminal activity in such detail as to be susceptible of a reasonable inference that the informant had gained his information in a reliable way. State v. Hodge, 11 Or App 525, 504 P2d 143 (1972)
Officers had probable cause to go to defendant’s apartment and arrest him for illegal sale of drugs to police contact where they: (1) Observed defendant going into the apartment with what appeared to be hashish and the police contact coming out with what appeared to be a package of hashish, and; (2) recovered the hashish from the police contact. State v. Bopp, 16 Or App 604, 519 P2d 1277 (1974)
Discovery by one police officer of defendant’s personal property in the same room with illegal narcotics, unknown to another officer, did not constitute probable cause for that other officer to arrest and search defendant. State v. Mickelson, 18 Or App 647, 526 P2d 583 (1974), Sup Ct review denied
Where description of suspects and series of actions taken matched information provided by anonymous informant, sufficient corroboration of informant information existed to create probable cause for arrest. State v. Marsden, Moore, Cassidy, 19 Or App 742, 528 P2d 1066 (1974), Sup Ct review denied
Where, in course of burglary investigation, officer knocked on defendant’s motel room door, and when defendant opened door beer came into plain view, there was evidence that crime of minor in possession of liquor was being committed, and officer properly arrested defendant. State v. Bettles, 45 Or App 9, 607 P2d 216 (1980), Sup Ct review denied
Where, during valid stop of defendant, events developed which gave police officers well-warranted belief that defendant was perpetrator of bombing, defendant’s arrest was proper. State v. Miller, 54 Or App 323, 634 P2d 1361 (1981), Sup Ct review denied
Where shooting victim told deputy sheriff “Dan the Jeweler shot me. He drives a truck for Safeway.” and officer ordering arrest had information that defendant was known to local law enforcement officials as “Dan the Jeweler” and worked for Safeway, there was probable cause to make warrantless arrest. State v. Holterman, 69 Or App 509, 687 P2d 1097 (1984), Sup Ct review denied
Where arresting officer relied on teletype request from another jurisdiction requesting arrest of felony suspect, arrest of defendant was proper even though officer did not personally have probable cause to arrest. State v. Pratt, 309 Or 205, 785 P2d 350 (1989)
Police officers lacked probable cause to make warrantless arrest where: 1) original stop was based on fleeting observation by informer who tentatively stated that someone was “possibly” taking or putting another into car at gunpoint; 2) none of persons in car stopped by police gave any indication that crime had been committed; and 3) police officer lacked even subjective belief that defendant had committed offense, testifying that he was still investigating when defendant was arrested. State v. Morgan, 106 Or App 138, 806 P2d 713 (1991), Sup Ct review denied
Reliability of informant information is not established solely through independent corroboration, but can instead be established by facts showing informant is credible or informant’s information is reliable. State v. Rasheed, 128 Or App 439, 876 P2d 859 (1994), Sup Ct review denied
Information transmitted by Law Enforcement Data System, maintained by Oregon State Police, of duly issued arrest warrant for defendant is sufficient notification to support officer’s warrantless arrest of defendant. State v. Meier, 259 Or App 482, 314 P3d 359 (2013), Sup Ct review denied
Search and seizure
Absent exigent circumstances or hot pursuit, police officers who have probable cause to arrest a person may not forcibly enter a person’s home for that purpose in absence of having secured a warrant. State v. Olson, 287 Or 157, 598 P2d 670 (1979)
Officer had probable cause to believe defendant possessed controlled substance when, after activation of patrol car’s overhead lights, officer observed defendant bend down in car as if hiding something and officer observed spoon on floorboard of vehicle that had burn marks and crystalline substance on it. State v. Hayes, 99 Or App 322, 781 P2d 1251 (1989)
COMPLETED CITATIONS: State v. Patterson, 5 Or App 438, 485 P2d 429 (1971), Sup Ct review denied; State v. Frailey, 6 Or App 8, 485 P2d 1126 (1971), Sup Ct review denied; State v. Riner, 6 Or App 72, 485 P2d 1234 (1971), Sup Ct review denied
Attorney General Opinions
Arrest and incarceration of persons for traffic infractions, (1977) Vol 38, p 960
Law Review Citations
8 WLJ 230-234 (1972); 4 EL 455 (1974); 20 WLR 579 (1984); 77 OLR 497 (1998); 85 OLR 325 (2006)