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Oregon Supreme Court Announces Overruling of Precedent on ‘Attempted Transfer’ of Drugs

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2024 by David Reutter published in Criminal Legal News January, 2024, page 27
Filed under: State Statutes, Possession in Furtherance of Drug Offense, Conspiracies, Attempts, Solicitations, Attempts/Incomplete Acts, Substantial Step Towards Completion, Completion of All Acts. Location: Oregon.

by David M. Reutter

The Supreme Court of Oregon held that “attempted transfer” does not apply “to a person who possesses a large quantity of a controlled substance and takes steps consistent with an intent to transfer it in the future but who has not yet made any effort to ...

 

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