Court Opinion

ID: 9538281
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 07:34:16.361323+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:57:43.035814
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CAMPBELL, J.,
dissenting.
I dissent. The defendant has not shown that he is in fact an alien and therefore prejudiced by the trial court’s failure to inform him of the possible results of a guilty plea as required by ORS 135.385(2)(d). The majority concedes that the literal reading of ORS 135.385 to place a mandatory duty on the trial court to inform non-alien defendants reaches an absurd result in this case. When the literal interpretation of the language of a statute produces an absurd or unreasonable result the statute must be construed so that it is reasonable and workable. State v. Irving, 268 Or 204, 520 P2d 354 (1974). I would affirm the trial court.