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STATE v. TANNEHILL

(CC 0200246CR; CA A121217; SC S52929).

141 P.3d 584 (2006)

341 Or. 205

STATE of Oregon, Respondent on Review, v. James Donald TANNEHILL, Petitioner on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, En Banc.

Decided August 3, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James N. Varner, Dundee, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner on review.

Seann C. Colgan, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review. With him on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General.

KISTLER, J.

ORS 131.125 (2001)1 sets out the limitation periods within which the state may commence criminal prosecutions. One paragraph of that statute provides that, at the latest, the state must commence a prosecution for third-degree sexual abuse either within four years of the abuse or, if the victim is under 18 years of age when the abuse occurs, within four years of the victim's eighteenth birthday. ORS 131.125(3)(a). Another paragraph...

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