State v. Oliver

Defendant appeals a judgment convicting him of fourth-degree assault, ORS 163.130. The conviction arose from defendant’s act of knocking the victim, his girlfriend, to the floor.1 On appeal, defendant assigns error to the trial court’s decision to permit the victim to testify to three other incidents in which defendant had either “used force” or “put his hands” on the victim; the trial court ruled that the evidence was admissible to rebut defendant’s testimony that he was a “caring man” who would not hurt another person. On review for legal error,2 we affirm.

Defendant and the victim presented…