STATE v. MECHLER

95-1156; CA A97840.

969 P.2d 1043 (1998)

157 Or. App. 161

STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. Janelle Rae MECHLER, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided November 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane L. Alessi, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the brief was Sally L. Avera, Public Defender.

Christine Ann Chute, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief was Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General.

Before De MUNIZ, P.J., and HASELTON and WOLLHEIM, JJ.


WOLLHEIM, J.

Defendant appeals a conviction of unlawfully obtaining public assistance, ORS 411.630, and makes two assignments of error. Defendant first assigns error to the trial court's denial of her motion for mistrial based on prosecutorial misconduct. She also assigns error to the trial court's instruction to the jury on a matter that was not a material issue at trial. We affirm.

In January 1993, defendant applied to Adult and Family Services Division...

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