State v. Harris

273 P.3d 277, 248 Or. App. 321

• Court: Court of Appeals of Oregon
• Decided: February 23, 2012
• Docket: 091153540 A145171
• Status: Published

Opinion

273 P.3d 277 (2012) 248 Or. App. 321

STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
Izelle Lamont HARRIS, aka Izelle L. Harris, Defendant-Appellant.

091153540; A145171.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Submitted January 6, 2012. Decided February 23, 2012.

Peter Gartlan, Chief Defender, and David O. Ferry, Deputy Public Defender, Office of Public Defense Services, filed the brief for appellant.

John R. Kroger, Attorney General, Anna M. Joyce, Solicitor General, and Jamie K. Contreras, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.

Before ORTEGA, Presiding Judge, and BREWER, Chief Judge, and SERCOMBE, Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant appeals a judgment convicting him of attempting to assault a public safety officer, ORS 163.208, and interfering with a peace officer, ORS 162.247. He contends that the trial court erred when it refused to instruct the jury that passive resistance does not constitute interference with a peace officer under ORS 162.247.^[1] The state concedes that the trial court erred in "declining defendant's requested jury instruction, and the error was not harmless." We agree, accept the state's concession, and reverse and remand defendant's conviction for interfering with a peace officer under ORS 162.247.

Conviction for interfering with a peace officer reversed and remanded; otherwise affirmed.

NOTES

[1] Pursuant to ORS 162.247(3)(b), the criminal offense of interfering with a peace officer does not apply in situations where a person is engaging in "[p]assive resistance."