State v. Tate

The issue in this criminal case is the proper interpretation of the term “corrections officer” as used in ORS 163.208(1), 1 which defines the crime of “assaulting a public safety officer” to include an assault on a “corrections officer.” Defendant assaulted a uniformed guard and employee of Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facilities (NORCOR), a correctional facility formed pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement between several counties and located in Wasco County. Defendant was charged under ORS 163.208(1), and he responded by arguing that the person whom he assaulted was not a…