When a crime involves the commission of or an attempt to commit a private injury and is described with sufficient certainty in other respects to identify the act, an erroneous allegation as to the person injured or intended to be injured is not material.
ORS 135.725
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Ferguson (2014)
Most recently applied in State v. Swinney (August 2025)
Formerly 132.630
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Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.