State v. Wolfe

ORS 166.275 makes it a felony for a person committed to a penal institution to have possession or custody of certain weapons or dangerous instruments, listed in the statute, including a "sharp instrument.” Defendant, a prisoner at the Oregon State Penitentiary, was convicted on a stipulation of facts on a charge of unlawful possession of a knife. The issue before us concerns the mental state required for culpability under ORS 166.275.

The statute provides:

"Any person committed to any penal institution who, while under the jurisdiction of any penal institution or while being conveyed to or from…