STATE v. BROWN

TC 10-83-01576; CA A28931; SC S30767.

699 P.2d 1122 (1985)

299 Or. 143

STATE of Oregon, Respondent On Review, v. Curtis Alan BROWN, Petitioner On Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided May 9, 1985.

Reassigned May 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Marvin Kuhn, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause for petitioner on review. With him on the petition was Gary D. Babcock, Public Defender, Salem.

Thomas H. Denney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent on review. On the briefs were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and James E. Mountain, Jr., Sol. Gen., Salem.


JONES, Justice.

Defendant appealed his conviction of robbery, assigning as error that the trial court ruled evidence that he was on probation for a previous crime admissible to impeach his testimony for interest. The Court of Appeals affirmed without opinion, 68 Or.App. 53, 680 P.2d 21, and we allowed review. We affirm.

The issue involves three provisions of the Oregon Evidence Code: OEC 404(2), which prohibits evidence of a defendant's criminal character...

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