State v. Fulmer

After a trial to the court, defendant was convicted of murder. ORS 163.115. He asserts nine assignments of error on appeal, most of which we reject without discussion. We write to discuss only defendant’s contentions that the trial court erred by allowing the state’s psychiatrist—who had examined him previously—to conduct a second examination and by allowing that psychiatrist to comment on his credibility and veracity at trial. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Because the state prevailed at trial, we state the evidence pertinent to the challenged psychiatrist testimony in the light most…