BALMER, J.
This case requires us to determine whether a reasonable jury could find that defendant "tamper[ed] * * * with property of another," as that phrase is used in ORS 164.345(1), the statute that defines the crime of third-degree criminal mischief. At trial, defendant argued that his conduct—kicking the door of a police car in which he had been placed following his arrest—was insufficient to allow a conviction for that crime. The trial court rejected...
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