STATE v. DUGGAN

No. T66761; CA 16704; SC 27221.

622 P.2d 316 (1981)

290 Or. 369

STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. Perry Joe DUGGAN, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided January 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. Freeman, Lebanon, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the petition was Morley, Thomas, Kingsley & Reuter, Lebanon.

Rudolph S. Westerband, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were James M. Brown, Atty. Gen., and Walter L. Barrie, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before DENECKE, C.J., and TONGUE, LENT, LINDE, PETERSON and CAMPBELL, JJ.


TONGUE, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of driving a motor vehicle while his operator's license was suspended in violation of ORS 487.560. At the time of his arrest he was steering a vehicle being towed by another vehicle on a public highway. He appealed his conviction to the Court of Appeals, contending that his conduct did not constitute the "driving" of a "motor vehicle" for the purposes of ORS 487.560.

The Court of Appeals affirmed defendant's conviction...

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