State v. Begay

647 Argued and submitted October 27, 2020, reversed and remanded June 30, 2021 STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. WILSON BEGAY, Defendant-Appellant. Wasco County Circuit Court 17CR38009; A169668

495 P3d 732

Defendant—who is a member of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation—appeals a judgment of conviction for unlawfully taking a deer, ORS 498.002, on a parcel of privately owned land. On appeal, he challenges the trial court’s pretrial ruling prohibiting him from raising and putting on evi- dence regarding his right to hunt on “open and unclaimed land” as provided in…