State v. Jordan

The defendant was convicted of larceny and appeals. The record discloses that the larceny occurred at a Fred Meyer store in Portland, Oregon.

The defendant assigns as error the trial court’s instruction:

“Under the laws of this State, a defendant has the option to take the witness stand to testify in his or her own behalf. When a defendant does so testify, you are to weigh his or her testimony under the same rules as you do that of other witnesses, except for the further fact that you have the right to take into consideration the interest he or she has in the outcome of the case.”

The objection…