State v. Baucom

Defendant appeals from his conviction after a trial without a jury of assault in the first degree. ORS 163.185. Defendant admitted committing the assault and relied at trial on the affirmative defense of mental disease or defect. ORS 161.295(1). Defendant argues that the court (1) improperly excluded the testimony of a psychiatric social worker as to whether defendant was suffering from a mental disease or defect at the time he committed the assault, and (2) improperly admitted the testimony of a psychiatrist who examined defendant on behalf of the state without first giving defendant…