State v. Gray

Defendant appeals from the judgment on his conviction of driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII). ORS 487.540.1 He raises two assignments of error, both based on the contention that evidence from which the jury might infer that he was under the influence of cocaine was not admissible, because prior to the alleged criminal conduct the former provisions of ORS chapters 474 and 475 defining "dangerous” and "narcotic” drugs — cocaine was included in the latter category —had been repealed and had been replaced with provisions relating to "controlled substances.”2

Defendant was stopped for…