State v. Presley

A jury convicted defendant on two counts of delivering a controlled substance (marijuana and cocaine). ORS 475.992. He raised an entrapment defense.1 He argues that it was reversible error for the trial court to refuse him the opportunity to cross-examine a state’s witness to show bias, interest and ability to induce.

Defendant’s arrest was the result of an undercover operation. The police obtained the help of an informant, Brown, who had allegedly worked as an informant in the Navy and had known defendant in high school. Defendant owned a sporting goods store in La Grande; it was not…