State v. Fonte

We begin by setting out the relevant text and providing some background about its origins. We then analyze the text, together with its context and legislative history, to determine whether the legislature intended to punish defendant's conduct as first-degree theft under ORS 164.055 (1)(c). See State v. Gaines , 346 Or. 160, 171-72, 206 P.3d 1042 (2009) (stating interpretation methodology).

I. TEXT

Oregon law defines the crime of theft broadly. ORS 164.015 provides:

**332"A person commits theft when, with intent to deprive another of property or to appropriate property to the person or to a…