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STATE v. RUGGLES

MI080569; A140393.

242 P.3d 643 (2010)

238 Or. App. 86

STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Christopher Joshua RUGGLES, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided October 20, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Gartlan , Chief Defender, and Lindsey K. Detweiler , Deputy Public Defender, filed the brief for appellant.

John R. Kroger , Attorney General, Jerome Lidz , Solicitor General, and Karla H. Ferrall , Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.

Before LANDAU, Presiding Judge, and SCHUMAN, Judge, and ORTEGA, Judge.

SCHUMAN, J.

The question in this case is whether, in a prosecution for refusing "to obey a lawful order" by a police officer, ORS 162.247(1)(b), the state must prove that defendant knew that the order he refused to obey was lawful. The trial court ruled that such proof was not necessary. We agree.

The relevant facts are few and undisputed. A McMinnville police officer saw defendant, whom the officer apparently recognized, and decided to "run a status check...

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