State v. Schmidt

*364Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII), ORS 813.010(4)1 , and reckless driving, ORS 811.140. He assigns error to the trial court's denial of his request to exclude evidence of his prior DUII convictions in a joint trial on both charges when the prior convictions were relevant only to the reckless driving charge. In the alternative, defendant argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to sever the charges. For the reasons explained below, we affirm.

The relevant facts are procedural and undisputed. Defendant was charged with…