State v. Meyer

The state appeals from an order of the trial court sustaining a demurrer to an information which read in pertinent part:

"That said WILLIAM CRAIG MEYER on or about the 11th day of March, 1977, in the Comity of Hood River, Oregon, then and there being, did knowingly and unlawfully possess marijuana, contraband, while confined in the Hood River County Jail, a correctional facility, contrary to the statutes in such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the State of Oregon.”

ORS 162.135(1) and (2) read:

"(1) 'Contraband’ means any article or thing which a person confined in a…