Oregon Revised Statutes
Or. Rev. Stat. § 135.165 (2026)
Counsel for complainant; district attorney
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135.165 Counsel for complainant; district attorney. The complainant may employ counsel to appear against the defendant in every stage of the preliminary hearing; but the district attorney for the county, either in person or by some attorney authorized to act for the district attorney, is entitled to appear on behalf of the state and control and direct the prosecution. [Formerly 133.760]
135.170 [Repealed by 1973 c.836 §358]
Notes of Decisions
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case, 1992–1992 · leading case: State v. Rogers, 836 P.2d 1308 (Or. 1992).
State v. Rogers, 836 P.2d 1308 (Or. 1992). “In ORS 135.165, the legislature has distinguished between the complainant and the state, thereby implying that the complainant is not the state.”
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