State v. Nascimento

The decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed. The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed in part and reversed in part, and the case is remanded to the circuit court for further proceedings.

BALMER, C. J.

The narrow but potentially far-reaching issue in this case is the scope of ORS 164.377(4), which makes it a crime to use, access, or attempt to access a computer or computer network “without authorization.” The state argues that, although defendant’s employer authorized her to use the computer terminal at issue here, defendant did so for a purpose not permitted by her employer and thus…