State v. Asher

Defendant appeals his conviction after trial by jury of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, ORS 164.135, 1 assigning as error the exclusion of certain testimony as hearsay and the requirement, imposed by the court as a condition of probation, that defendant cooperate with a special agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration. We affirm the conviction but remand for resentencing.

The gist of the State’s case was that defendant acquired a rebuildable wrecked pickup truck, which had been stolen two months earlier, changed the identifying numbers on it, repaired, repainted and then sold it.…