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STATE v. WEBB

DC DCR93-13043; CA A83199; SC S42828.

927 P.2d 79 (1996)

324 Or. 380

STATE of Oregon, Petitioner on Review, v. Robert Leland WEBB, Jr., Respondent on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided November 29, 1996.

Reconsideration Denied January 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan H. Fussner, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for petitioner on review. With him on the petition were Theodore R. Kulongoski, Attorney General, and Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General.

Eric M. Cumfer, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause for respondent on review. With him on the brief were Sally L. Avera, Public Defender, and Hari Nam S. Khalsa, Deputy Public Defender.

GRABER, Justice.

The issue before us is whether district courts lost jurisdiction over Class A misdemeanors in 1993 when the legislature raised the maximum fines for such misdemeanors from $2,500 to $5,000 through an amendment to ORS 161.635, but did not amend ORS 46.040, which provided in part that district courts have jurisdiction over misdemeanors "where the punishment prescribed does not exceed * * * a fine of $3,000."1 The district...

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