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A140393 State v. Ruggles

Case Date: 10/20/2010
Docket No: MI080569A140393

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FILED: October 20, 2010

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF OREGON

STATE OF OREGON,

Plaintiff-Respondent,

v.

CHRISTOPHER JOSHUA RUGGLES,

Defendant-Appellant.

Yamhill County Circuit Court
MI080569
A140393

John L. Collins, Judge.

Submitted on February 24, 2010.

Peter Gartlan, Chief Defender, and Lindsey K. Detweiler, Deputy Public Defender, filed the brief for appellant.

John R. Kroger, Attorney General, Jerome Lidz, Solicitor General, and Karla H. Ferrall, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.

Before Landau, Presiding Judge, and Schuman, Judge, and Ortega, Judge.

SCHUMAN, J.

Affirmed.

SCHUMAN, J.

The question in this case is whether, in a prosecution for refusing "to obey a lawful order" by a police officer, ORS 162.247(1)(b), the state must prove that defendant knew that the order he refused to obey was lawful.