STATE v. ROMERO

99C41881; A111035.

81 P.3d 714 (2003)

191 Or. App. 164

STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. Heather Ann ROMERO, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided December 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shawn Wiley, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was David E. Groom, Acting Executive Director, Office of Public Defense Services.

Doug M. Petrina, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General.

Before EDMONDS, Presiding Judge, and DEITS, Chief Judge, and LEESON, Judge pro tempore.


EDMONDS, P.J.

Defendant appeals from convictions for two counts of criminal mistreatment under ORS 163.205. At trial, defendant sought to introduce expert testimony that she was more subject to suggestion during police interrogation than an ordinary member of the population in order to support her claim that her confession to police was made involuntarily.1 The trial court ruled that the evidence amounted to a direct comment on defendant...

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