OR: SW for trace evidence on carpets allowed search of carpet cleaning equipment

In an attempted murder case, defendant was convicted of conspiracy. “[P]olice had a warrant to search the entire residence for evidence, and that DNA, blood or blood spatter, hair, and trace evidence were the types of evidence that one could expect to find on rugs.” The warrant logically included search and seizure of rug cleaning equipment recently used to look for trace evidence there because it could have been used to hide evidence. State v. Reger, 277 Ore. App. 81, 2016 Ore. App. LEXIS 321 (March 16, 2016).

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