State v. Bevil

This case presents a question of first impression regarding the reach of Oregon’s first-degree criminal mistreatment statute, which, among other things, makes it a Class C felony for any person who has assumed the care of an elderly person to “take[] the [elderly person’s] money or property for, or appropriate the money or property to, any use or purpose not in the due care and lawful execution of the person’s responsibility.” ORS 163.205(l)(b)(D). Defendant was convicted under that statute after accepting substantial amounts of money from an elderly woman who was dependent on him for her…