State v. Knight

*471GILLETTE, J.

In this criminal case, defendant challenges a trial court’s decision to allow the jury to hear a recording of defendant making disparaging comments about his attorney and threatening to “sign [his] kids over to the state” if his mother did not retain a different attorney for him. Defendant contends that his comments about his attorney were inadmissible under the evidence code and that allowing the jury to hear them violated his constitutional right to counsel. The Court of Appeals decision affirmed the trial court’s judgment. State v. Knight, 209 Or App 562, 149 P3d 164 (2006). We…