STATE v. FROATS

No. 79-7094; CA 16997.

615 P.2d 1078 (1980)

47 Or.App. 819

STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. Paul Leslie FROATS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided August 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald K. Cox, Asst. Public Defender for Coos County, Coquille, filed the brief for appellant.

James M. Brown, Atty. Gen., Walter L. Barrie, Sol. Gen., and Meg Reeves, Certified Law Student, Salem, filed the brief for respondent.

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


SCHWAB, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals from his district court conviction for reckless driving. The only issue which merits discussion is defendant's contention that the prosecutor should not have been permitted to argue before the jury about the nonappearance of a witness who, defendant claims, would have refused to testify on self-incrimination grounds if he had been called.1

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