STATE v. COULSON

021136941; A141228.

258 P.3d 1253 (2011)

243 Or. App. 257

STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles Ellis COULSON, aka Charles Ellis Coulson, Jr., Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided June 1, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Smith , Assistant Solicitor General, argued the cause for appellant. On the briefs were John R. Kroger , Attorney General, Jerome Lidz , Solicitor General, and Tiffany Keast , Assistant Attorney General.

Mary M. Reese , Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief was Peter Gartlan , Chief Defender, Office of Public Defense Services.

Before HASELTON, Presiding Judge, and BREWER, Chief Judge, and ARMSTRONG, Judge.


HASELTON, P.J.

The state appeals, assigning error to the trial court's dismissal on statutory speedy trial grounds of an indictment against defendant on charges of unauthorized use of a vehicle (UUV), ORS 164.135 (Count 1); possession of a stolen motor vehicle, ORS 819.300 (Count 2); and first-degree theft, ORS 164.055 (Count 3). As explained below, our disposition turns primarily, but not exclusively, on the answer to the following question: When a defendant has...

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