{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-136.310","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 136.310","heading":"Function of court; effect of judicial notice of a fact.","body":"All questions of law, including the admissibility of testimony, the facts preliminary to such admission and the construction of statutes and other writings and other rules of evidence shall be decided by the court. All discussions of law shall be addressed to it. Whenever the knowledge of the court is by statute made evidence of a fact, the court shall declare such knowledge to the jury, which is bound to accept it as conclusive, except as provided in ORS 40.085.","path":["04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes","14. Procedure in Criminal Matters Generally","Chapter 136 — Criminal Trials"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors136.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:11Z","sha256":"0f49b494c83150322a90456ce8dc6ab801639f13093f955bf900f85ae434917a","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-136.300","next":"us-or/ors-136.320"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}