Stelts v. State of Oregon

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• declining to address the state constitutional argument before addressing federal constitutional argument because no developed argument under the state constitution was presented
• reviewing the petitioner’s challenge to the validity of his guilty plea on appeal from post-conviction proceeding, where the petitioner argued that the trial court failed to advise him of his right to confront witnesses before accepting his plea of guilty
• this court ordinarily considers questions under state statutes before reaching state or federal constitutional questions
• generally providing for consideration of state statutory arguments, state constitutional arguments, and federal con- stitutional arguments, in that order
• questions of state law shall be considered and disposed of before reaching a claim that this state’s law falls short of a standard imposed by the federal constitution on the states
• questions of state law shall be considered and disposed of before reaching a claim that this state's law falls short of a standard imposed by the federal constitution on the states

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