State v. Rosen

The sole question on appeal is whether a single episode of misconduct in connection with the care of a child is punishable under ORS 163.555, the criminal nonsupport statute.1

Defendant took her three-month-old daughter with her to a tavern in Newport but was asked to take the child out of the tavern. Then, some time between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., defendant asked for and received permission from one Gerald Pfund to put her daughter in his car for 10 or 15 minutes. After placing the child in Pfund’s car, defendant returned to the tavern, where she got drunk. She remained there until a little past…