State v. Allison

The sole issue presented in this criminal case is whether the state offered sufficient evidence at trial to support defendant’s convictions for 21 counts of telephonic harassment, ORS lee.C^CKlXa). That statute proscribes causing another’s telephone to ring with “no communicative purpose” and with the intent to harass or annoy the recipient of the call. The Court of Appeals affirmed without opinion. State v. Allison, 141 Or App 137, 917 P2d 1076 (1996). For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

Defendant’s convictions arose out of 21 recorded messages that he left on his former girlfriend’s…