STATE v. ROBBINS

(CC 050545301; CA A130659; SC S055396).

188 P.3d 262 (2008)

345 Or. 28

STATE of Oregon, Respondent on Review, v. Jennifer Lynn ROBBINS, Petitioner on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, En Banc.

Decided July 3, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristin A. Carveth, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioner on review. With her on the briefs was Peter Gartlan, Chief Defender, Office of Public Defense Services, Salem.

Susan G. Howe, Senior Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause and filed the briefs for respondent on review. With her on the briefs were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General.


BALMER, J.

In this case, the Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal from a criminal conviction because defendant, Jennifer Lynn Robbins, had missed a single appointment with her probation officer while her appeal was pending. We conclude that the Court of Appeals erred in its interpretation of the rule of appellate procedure upon which it relied in dismissing defendant's appeal, and we reverse the order of dismissal.

Defendant was charged with one count of possession...

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