Oregon Supreme Court· 3/12/2015

State v. Dickerson

Citations

356 Or. 822
345 P.3d 447
2014 Ore. LEXIS 1036

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explaining that, when the legislature has not provided a statutory definition for a legal term of art, we consult legal dictionaries to aid in determining its meaning
explaining that \Oregon courts have long used the metaphor of a trust to describe the state's interest in wildlife\ and that the state holds wildlife in trust for the benefit of the public
explaining that the trust metaphor is used to describe the wildlife trust doctrine
interpreting statutes by giving “legal terms * * * their established legal meanings”
rejecting state’s alternative basis for affirmance of denial of motion for judgment of acquittal on different factual theory than pursued by state at trial, in part because record might have developed differently had state raised theory below
“When the legislature does not provide a definition of a statutory term, we ordinarily look to the plain meaning of the statute’s text.”

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Judges: Baldwin

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