STATE v. LAEMOA


533 P.2d 370 (1975)

STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. Lois Charlotte LAEMOA, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided March 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald F. Myrick, Grants Pass, argued the cause for appellant. On the briefs were Myrick, Coulter, Seagraves & Nealy and Donald H. Coulter, Grants Pass.

Gerald C. Neufeld, Deputy Dist. Atty., Grants Pass, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Robert M. Burrows, Dist. Atty., Grants Pass.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and LANGTRY and THORNTON, JJ.


THORNTON, Judge.

This appeal by defendant raises a single question: Did the acts of defendant which culminated in her relinquishing her four-year-old daughter to another in exchange for a money payment constitute the crime of child abandonment as defined in ORS 163.535?

Although defendant makes several assignments of error,1 our principal concern is to define the elements of the crime of child abandonment under the above statute...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases