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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b>STALKING CONVICTION REVERSED BASED ON <i>RANGEL</i>; CONVICTIONS FOR VIOLATING SPO<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>AFFIRMED BASED ON <i>RYAN<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>State v. Nahimana</i></b>__ Or App __, __ P3d __ (August 29, 2012) (<i>per curiam</i>)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(Multnomah) (AAG Laura Anderson). ). Defendant was charged with two counts of violating a<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>stalking protective order (ORS 163.750), and one count of stalking (ORS 163.732) based on two<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>electronic communications from his MySpace account to the victim’s account. Defendant<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>moved for a judgment of acquittal on all three counts, claiming that his contacts were protected<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>speech under Art I, § 8, and did not constitute “unequivocal threats” under <i>State v. Rangel</i>, 328<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Or 294 (1999), which narrowed the stalking statute to apply only to communications that were<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“threats.” The trial court denied the motions and defendant was found guilty.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>Held</i>:</b> Stalking conviction reversed; convictions for violation of stalking order affirmed<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(<i>per curiam</i>). [1] Defendant’s communication fell within the narrowing construction of the<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>stalking statute set forth in <i>Rangel</i>. [2] Under <i>State v. Ryan</i>, 350 Or 670 (2011), the <i>Rangel<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>standard for communications <u>does not apply to the crime of violating a stalking protective order</u>,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>because ORS 163.750 does not require the state to prove that defendant’s<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>communication constituted an “unequivocal threat.” The state’s evidence established all of the<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>elements of ORS 163.750.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://courts.oregon.gov/Publications/A145683.pdf">http://courts.oregon.gov/Publications/A145683.pdf</a><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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