STATE v. KNOBEL

86-454-M; CA A43491.

777 P.2d 985 (1989)

97 Or.App. 559

STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. Paul Kenneth KNOBEL, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided July 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc Kardell, Grants Pass, argued the cause and filed the brief, for appellant.

Christine Chute, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause, for respondent. With her on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before RICHARDSON, P.J., and NEWMAN and DEITS, JJ.


DEITS, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for unlawfully obtaining contents of communications. ORS 165.540(1)(c). He argues that the statute is unconstitutional under both the Oregon and United States Constitutions and that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a judgment of acquittal and in failing to admit evidence of the victim's bias. We reverse and remand.

In July, 1986, defendant, a reporter for a local newspaper, Freedom to Express...

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