State v. Freih

Defendant failed to appear for a court date in connection with misdemeanor charges against him and, as a result, was charged and convicted of one count of failure to appear in the second degree, in violation of ORS 162.195(l)(a).1 On appeal, he assigns error to the trial court’s pretrial ruling that he was not entitled to raise a choice-of-evils defense under ORS 161.200, and would not be entitled to a jury instruction on the choice-of-evils defense; defendant sought to defend against the charge on the ground that, in the light of his mother’s medical condition, he had no choice but to miss…