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mental-state requirement in Oregon

15 Oregon opinions name it 1 courts 2012–2026 13 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Oregon courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (5)

CaseFollowedCited
State v. Hortongreen
orctapp · 2023 · cited in 7 Oregon opinions naming this issue, 2024–2026
2 sentences

2026See also Horton, 327 Or App at 260 - 61 (“[D]efendant never raised any issue regarding a mental-state requirement for the value element of criminal mischief. * * * We therefore proceed with plain-error review.”).

2026In Horton, the trial court gave no mental-state instruction for the value element of criminal mischief, and the defendant “never raised any issue regarding a mental-state requirement” for that element. 327 Or App at 260 .

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State v. McKinney/Shiffergreen
or · 2022 · cited in 2 Oregon opinions naming this issue, 2026–2026
2 sentences

2026Error, in general, must be determined by the law existing at the time the appeal is decided, and not as of the time of trial.” (Footnote omitted.)); see, e.g., State v. McKinney/Shiffer, 369 Or 325, 334 , 505 P3d 946 (2022) (relying on another Supreme Court case decided the same day to hold that it was plain error not to give a mental-state instruction on a particular element).

2026Error, in general, must be determined by the law existing at the time the appeal is decided, and not as of the time of trial.” (Footnote omitted.)); see, e.g., State v. McKinney/Shiffer, 369 Or 325, 334 , 505 P3d 946 (2022) (relying on another Supreme Court case decided the same day to hold that it was plain error not to give a mental-state instruction on a particular element).

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State v. Owengreen
or · 2022 · cited in 1 Oregon opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
2 sentences

2024See State v. Owen, 369 Or 288, 324 , 505 P3d 953 (2022) (the jury’s findings that the defendant knew that his conduct was assaultive and “readily capable of causing serious physical injury” indicated that it would not have found that he was unaware that his conduct created a risk of physical injury).

2024See State v. Owen, 369 Or 288, 324 , 505 P3d 953 (2022) (the jury’s findings that the defendant knew that his conduct was assaultive and “readily capable of causing serious physical injury” indicated that it would not have found that he was unaware that his conduct created a risk of physical injury).

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State v. Shedrickgreen
or · 2022 · cited in 1 Oregon opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
1 sentence

2024See Shedrick, 370 Or at 270 n 2 (holding that the property-value element of theft carries a mental-state requirement, such that it was error not to give any mental-state instruction, but leaving open the question of the specific mental state required); State v. Horton, 327 Or App 256, 261-62 , 535 P3d 338 (2023) (rejecting a plain-error argument regarding the specific mental state required for the property-value element of criminal mischief in the first or second degree).

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Delgado v. Soudersgreen
or · 2002 · cited in 1 Oregon opinions naming this issue, 2012–2012
2 sentences

2012To determine “the extent to which the requisite mental states set out in ORS 30.866(l)(a) apply to the remaining parts of that statute,” id., the court looked to the text of that provision, which, again, provides: “(a) The [respondent] intentionally, knowingly or recklessly engages in repeated and unwanted contact with the other person or a member of that person’s immediate *421 family or household thereby alarming or coercing the other person!.]” ORS 30.866(l)(a).

2012As the Supreme Court explained, “The gravamen of [the respondent’s] argument * * * concerns the mental-state requirement set out in ORS 30.866(l)(a), that is, whether [the petitioner] proved that [the respondent] acted with a necessary mental state respecting his contacts with her.” Delgado, 334 Or at 131 .

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Oregon. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (4)

CaseCitedYears
State v. Wyatt green
or · 2000
2 sentences

2026“Generally, an issue not preserved in the trial court will not be considered on appeal.” State v. Wyatt, 331 Or 335, 341 , 15 P3d 22 (2000).

2026“Generally, an issue not preserved in the trial court will not be considered on appeal.” State v. Wyatt, 331 Or 335, 341 , 15 P3d 22 (2000).

42023–2026
State v. Nicholson green
orctapp · 2016
2 sentences

2024Id. at 58-61 .

2024Id. at 58-61 .

22024–2024
State v. Stone green
orctapp · 2023
2 sentences

2024In assessing whether omission of a mental-state instruction was harmless, “the issue is not whether a jury could have found defendant to have the requisite mental state on this record; rather, it is whether there is some likelihood that the jury might not have been persuaded that he had the requisite mental state, had it considered that issue.” State v. Stone, 324 Or App 688, 695 , 527 P3d 800 (2023) (emphases in original)).

2024In assessing whether omission of a mental-state instruction was harmless, “the issue is not whether a jury could have found defendant to have the requisite mental state on this record; rather, it is whether there is some likelihood that the jury might not have been persuaded that he had the requisite mental state, had it considered that issue.” State v. Stone, 324 Or App 688, 695 , 527 P3d 800 (2023) (emphases in original)).

12024–2024
City of Corvallis v. Pi Kappa Phi green
orctapp · 2018
1 sentence

2018City of Corvallis v. Pi Kappa Phi , 293 Or.

12018–2018

Statutes the citing opinions construe

OR § Or. Rev. Stat. § 161.085 (8) OR § Or. Rev. Stat. § 162.315 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

OR 15 (2012–2026) IL 11 (1999–2024) TX 10 (2009–2025) CA 5 (2012–2021) OH 3 (2010–2018) KS 2 (2012–2026)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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