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State v. Sanders

Citations

  • 572 P.2d 1307
  • 280 Or. 685
  • 1977 Ore. LEXIS 771

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that an indictment for burglary must specify which “crime” it charges that the defendant intended to commit when he allegedly unlawfully entered a building
  • concluding that an indictment must “specify[] the intent which the defendant is charged with having at the time of the breaking and entering”
  • holding that a burglary indictment is required to specify the crime a defendant is alleged to have intended to commit at the time of the unlawful entry
  • analyzing whether, in addition to elements of offense, burglary indictment must allege specific crime that defendant intended to commit at time of unlawful entry
  • where trial court instructed on theft, it was harmless error for the information not to specify the intended crime
  • where trial court instructed on theft, it was harmless error for the information not to specify the intended crime

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Judges: Denecke

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