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Oregon Supreme Court· 10/5/1982

State v. Buttrey

Citations

  • 651 P.2d 1075
  • 293 Or. 575
  • 1982 Ore. LEXIS 1027

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  • concluding that the language of the driving while suspended statute clearly indicates a legislative intent to dispense with a culpable mental state requirement
  • concluding that the language of the driving while suspended statute clearly indicates a legislative intent to dispense with a culpable mental state requirement
  • driving while suspended statute, enacted in 1975 as a crime, by establishing an affirmative defense related to culpability clearly indicated a legislative intent to dispense with a culpable mental state requirement and was punishable as a crime
  • upholding constitutionality of statute which made driving without a license under some circumstances a class C felony absent any showing of mens rea. Buttrey received a five-year suspended imposition of sentence on condition, inter alia, that she serve one year’s imprisonment.
  • upholding constitutionality of statute which made driving without a license under some circumstances a class C felony absent any showing of mens rea. Buttrey received a five-year suspended imposition of sentence on condition, inter alia, that she serve one year's imprisonment.
  • in prosecution for driving while suspended, state need not prove driver’s actual or constructive knowledge of license suspension

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Judges: Peterson, Linde

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