State v. Bettin

These are the consolidated appeals in four criminal cases. In each case the defendant is charged by indictment with criminal activity in drugs. The circuit court sustained demurrers to each of the four indictments on the ground that the indictments did not state the crime with sufficient definiteness and certainty, and the state appeals.

Typical of the four indictments charging criminal activity in drugs (omitting caption) is the following:

“That said - on the 15th day of January, 1972, in the County of Coos and State of Oregon, then and there being, did unlawfully and knowingly possess…