State v. Campbell

Defendant appeals a misdemeanor conviction for contempt based on a violation of a pretrial release agreement. Defendant argues that because contempt is not a crime, see State v. Reynolds, 239 Or App 313, 243 P3d 496 (2010), the trial court erred, initially, in denying his motion to dismiss the charging instrument and, later, in convicting him of a misdemeanor. The state, for its part, concedes that contempt is not a crime but argues that the appropriate remedy was not dismissal of the indictment but rather “entry of a judgment that does not characterize contempt of court as a criminal…