State v. Duggan

*371TONGUE, J.

Defendant was convicted of driving a motor vehicle while his operator’s license was suspended in violation of ORS 487.560. At the time of his arrest he was steering a vehicle being towed by another vehicle on a public highway. He appealed his conviction to the Court of Appeals, contending that his conduct did not constitute the "driving” of a "motor vehicle” for the purposes of ORS 487.560.

The Court of Appeals affirmed defendant’s conviction upon the ground that a person who physically controls a towed vehicle by steering and braking the vehicle is "driving” the vehicle for the…