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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Case is great affirmation of <i>State v. Ryan.<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>State v. Nguyen<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Date Filed: 05/31/12<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Case #: A138986<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ortega, P.J. for the Court; Haselton, C.J.; and Schuman, J.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/Publications/A138986.pdf">http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/Publications/A138986.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Civil Stalking Protective Order: A defendant who seeks to challenge a<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>conviction under ORS 163.750 for violating a stalking protective order<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>on free speech grounds must first successfully attack the underlying<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>protective order.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This case is before the Court of Appeals on remand from the Supreme<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Court, which vacated the prior opinion in light of State v. Ryan. In<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>the original Nguyen decision, the Court of Appeals found that the<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>trial court erred in denying Defendant’s motion for a judgment of<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>acquittal based on the argument that text messages in violation of a<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Stalking Protective Order were protected free speech under the Oregon<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Constitution. However, the Supreme Court in Ryan II held that a<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>defendant who seeks to challenge a conviction for violating a Stalking<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Protective Order on free speech grounds must first successfully attack<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>the underlying protective order. Because Defendant in this case did<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>not bring a successful challenge to the underlying protective order,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>he cannot challenge his conviction on free speech grounds. The trial<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>court correctly denied his motion for a judgment of acquittal.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Affirmed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Erin S. Greenawald<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Sr. AAG<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Domestic Violence Resource Prosecutor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Oregon Department of Justice<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Criminal Justice Division<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>(503) 378-6347<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div>
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