State v. Rowland

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for one count of theft, ORS 164.055, one count of menacing, ORS 163.190, and two counts of robbery, ORS 164.395; ORS 164.405. He assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion to exclude impeachment evidence of two prior felony convictions, arguing that use of the prior convictions was time barred under OEC 609(3)(a). That evidence rule provides, in relevant part, that evidence of a prior conviction is not admissible to impeach a witness’s credibility where “more than 15 years has elapsed since the date of the conviction or of the release of…