STATE v. SALAS-JUAREZ

(CC 063530FE; CA A135010; SC S058190).

245 P.3d 113 (2010)

349 Or. 419

STATE of Oregon, Respondent on Review, v. Luis Alberto SALAS-JUAREZ, Petitioner on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, En Banc.

Decided December 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Patrick Conry , Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner on review.

Joanna L. Jenkins , Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review. With her on the brief was John R. Kroger , Attorney General.


GILLETTE, J.

The issue in this criminal case is whether the trial court erred in refusing to allow the jury to hear that a participant in a knife fight that led to murder charges against defendant had made a threatening statement, earlier in the evening, about wishing to "slash" someone. After a jury convicted defendant of murder and attempted murder, he appealed, assigning error to the trial court's ruling excluding that statement. The Court of Appeals affirmed defendant...

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