State v. Velykoretskykh

SCHUMAN, S. J.

Defendant appeals from a conviction for driving while his driver’s license was suspended. ORS 811.182(1). At trial, he raised the affirmative defense that, when he was arrested on that charge, he had never received notice of the suspension. ORS Sll.lSOCLXb).1 To disprove that defense, the state sought to introduce into evidence an official “Notice of Suspension” form, signed by a police officer, allegedly issued to defendant some months earlier as he was leaving the police station after a failed breath test. Defendant objected on the ground that the officer who signed the form…