STATE EX REL. PLOURDE v. MAGEE


552 P.2d 1341 (1976)

STATE of Oregon ex rel. Leona M. Plourde, Respondent, v. Louis David MAGEE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided August 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Hill, Roseburg, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Slocum & Poole, Roseburg.

Rhidian M.M. Morgan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., and W. Michael Gillette, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and LANGTRY and THORNTON, JJ.


SCHWAB, Chief Judge.

In this filiation proceeding the sole assignment of error on appeal is that the trial court erred in permitting exhibition to the jury of the 13-month-old child which was allegedly fathered by defendant. Defendant's argument is:

"Filiation proceedings involving the issue of paternity have an unusually great potential for emotion and sensationalism. The risk of undue prejudice and other probative...

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