State v. Wiborg

FLYNN, J. pro tempore

In this consolidated criminal case, defendant appeals from judgments of conviction for improper use of the emergency communications system, ORS 165.570.1 His convictions arise from two incidents in which defendant called 9-1-1 to report his belief that prowlers had entered his property. On appeal, the dispute turns on how to construe the culpable mental state requirement of ORS 165.570, which makes it a crime for a person to “knowingly” make an emergency call “for a purpose other than to report a situation that the person reasonably believes requires prompt service in…