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: Click the LawOregon appeals court: Teeth not dangerous weapon
By (Click The Law)
The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that teeth are not a dangerous weapon.
The decision Wednesday overturned a first-degree assault conviction for a Marion County man who bit off part of a neighbor's ear in 2008 in a drunken fight.
The Oregonian reports a second-degree assault conviction against 30-year-old Scott Russell Kuperus II stands. But first-degree assault involves a dangerous weapon, and teeth don't qualify.
His attorney says the first-degree assault charge that carried a sentence of 90 months in jail will be dismissed and Kuperus will be sentenced to 70 months for second-degree assault.
Full post as published by Click the Law on March 24, 2011 (boomark / email).
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