State v. Thomas

Defendant appeals a judgment convicting him of possession of a Schedule II controlled substance (PCS), former ORS 475.992 (2003), renumbered as ORS 475.840 (2005), and violating the City of Portland’s drug free zone (DFZ) ordinance, PCC 14B.20.060 (2005). We write primarily to address defendant’s first assignment of error, in which he argues that the uniform criminal citation and complaint upon which he was prosecuted was defective in several respects and that the trial court therefore erred in denying his motion to set aside the instrument under ORS 133.069(3). We reverse and remand with…