State v. Brandon, M37813
| Decision Date | 08 August 1978 |
| Docket Number | No. M37813,M37813 |
| Citation | 582 P.2d 52,35 Or.App. 661 |
| Parties | STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. Randy Glenn BRANDON, Appellant. ; CA 10279. |
| Court | Oregon Court of Appeals |
Steven L. Verhulst, Hillsboro, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Garland, Karpstein & Boyer, Hillsboro.
William F. Nessly, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were James A. Redden, Atty. Gen., Al J. Laue, Sol. Gen., and Jan P. Londahl, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem.
Before SCHWAB, C. J., and LEE, RICHARDSON and JOSEPH, JJ.
In this criminal case, defendant was charged with two counts of resisting arrest. ORS 162.315. Defendant pled not guilty and was found guilty of the first count (resisting the arrest of his wife) and not guilty of the second count (resisting his own arrest).
ORS 162.315(1) provides:
"(1) A person commits the crime of resisting arrest if he intentionally resists a person known by him to be a peace officer in making An arrest." (Emphasis supplied.)
After the state rested, defendant moved for dismissal of the first count on the ground that one cannot be charged under this statute with resisting another person's arrest.
The purpose of ORS 162.315 is to reduce challenges to arrest made under color of law because such challenges foster civil disorder and disrespect for the law. See Proposed Oregon Criminal Code 204, Commentary (A), § 206 (1970). To effect this purpose, both arrested persons and others are subject to the penalties of resisting arrest. Statutes must be construed as a whole with a view to effecting the overall policy which statutes are intended to promote. Wimer v. Miller, 235 Or. 25, 30, 383 P.2d 1005 (1963); State v. Laemoa, 20 Or.App. 516, 526, 533 P.2d 370, Rev. den. (1975).
Although ORS 162.315(1) does not specifically state that "an arrest" includes the arrest of another, the language of the statute includes that concept. Resisting the arrest of another is as plainly the resistance of "an arrest" as the resistance of one's own arrest.
We hold that the language of ORS 162.315 includes resisting the arrest of another person.
Affirmed.
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