{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-40.125","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 40.125","heading":"Rule 309. Presumptions in criminal proceedings.","body":"(1) The judge is not authorized to direct the jury to find a presumed fact against the accused.\n      (2) When the presumed fact establishes guilt or is an element of the offense or negates a defense, the judge may submit the question of guilt or the existence of the presumed fact to the jury only if:\n      (a) A reasonable juror on the evidence as a whole could find that the facts giving rise to the presumed fact have been established beyond a reasonable doubt; and\n      (b) The presumed fact follows more likely than not from the facts giving rise to the presumed fact.","path":["01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure","4. Evidence and Witnesses","Chapter 40 — Evidence Code"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors040.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:10Z","sha256":"dde020d56437865ecb47587984969f636c702b10e005eaf9ab573931fc8777d6","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-40.120","next":"us-or/ors-40.130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}