Opinion ID: 1293474
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Outside the Criminal Code.

Text: The majority opinion apparently takes comfort in the suggestion that the 1971 Legislative Assembly was writing a  criminal code, not the motor vehicle code.  309 Or. at 370, 788 P.2d at 978. (Emphasis in original.) One can hardly review ORS 161.105 without reaching the conclusion that the 1971 Legislature spoke to crimes beyond the confines of the criminal code, its specific referent in ORS 161.105(1)(b) and (2). Nor should the majority take solace in its .990 crimes explanation. 309 Or. at 370, 788 P.2d at 978. At the time the Commission was drafting the proposed revision, at the time the legislature enacted the revision, and until 1975, the DUII statute was a .990 crime. See former ORS 483.992 ( repealed by Or. Laws 1975, ch. 451, § 291). To summarize, even assuming that the majority is applying the correct provision of ORS 161.105 to the issue at hand, the conclusion it reaches  that the DUII statute clearly indicates a legislative intent to dispense with any culpable mental state requirement  is incorrect.