STATE v. EASTEP

CC 13CR0802 SC S064057.

399 P.3d 979 (2017)

361 Or. 746

STATE of Oregon, Respondent on Review, v. Thomas Eldon EASTEP, Petitioner on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

August 10, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura E. Coffin , Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner on review. Also on the brief was Ernest G. Lannet , Chief Defender, Office of Public Defense Services.

Jeff J. Payne , Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review. Also on the brief were Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, and Benjamin Gutman , Solicitor General.

Before Balmer, Chief Justice, and Kistler, Walters, Landau, and Nakamoto, Justices.


In this criminal case, defendant arranged to sell another person's truck for scrap. At the time, the truck was in a significant state of disrepair. He was charged with, and ultimately convicted of, unauthorized use of a vehicle (UUV). ORS 164.135. At trial, he argued that the state had failed...

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