State v. Stuart

In State v. Tauscher, 227 Or 1, 23, 360 P2d 764, 88 ALR2d 674, this court said, speaking of criminal stat*309lites’under construction in that case: “It is unfortunate that ORS 165.005 and 164.310 are so narrowly drawn. However, the task of remodeling these statutes is for the legislature and not for the courts.” Since then the Legislature has created a Criminal Law Revision Commission charged with the duty of preparing a revision of the criminal laws of this state, both substantive and procedural, Oregon Laws 1967, ch 573.

Apparently, the majority of the court think that the task of revision is…