STATE v. FIVECOATS

090632530; A144729.

284 P.3d 1225 (2012)

251 Or. App. 761

STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Christopher Lynn FIVECOATS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided August 22, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Gartlan , Chief Defender, and Susan Fair Drake , Senior Deputy Public Defender, Office of Public Defense Services, filed the brief for appellant.

John R. Kroger , Attorney General, Mary H. Williams , Solicitor General, and Karla H. Ferrall , Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.

Before SCHUMAN, Presiding Judge, and WOLLHEIM, Judge, and NAKAMOTO, Judge.


SCHUMAN, P.J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction for first-degree theft, felon in possession of a firearm, and unlawful entry into a motor vehicle. The primary issue at trial was the identity of a man shown on a surveillance video taking a gun from the victim's vehicle. Defendant wanted to demonstrate to the jury his supposedly peculiar gait so that they could compare it to the gait of the man in the video. The court ruled that defendant could either...

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