State v. Rankins

I agree with the majority that the legislature did not intend that the term “drug transaction records,” as used in ORS 475.900(l)(b)(E), would be construed so broadly as to include deleted text messages and other trace evidence of drug transactions. I also agree with the majority that, properly construed, the term “drug transaction records” does not apply to the three text messages on which the state relies here. I write separately, however, because I disagree with the majority’s conclusion that the legislature intended to define the term “drug transaction records” to be dependent upon the…