Legal Opinion

Integrity Props. of Or., LLC v. Elkins

Court of Appeals of Oregon

Decided August 1, 2018No. A161325Published

1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, P.J.

*153Defendant appeals a judgment of restitution in a residential forcible entry and unlawful detainer (FED) proceeding, raising 11 assignments of error. We address only defendant's fourth assignment, in which he contends that the trial court plainly erred by *1120admitting as evidence to impeach one of defendant's witnesses criminal convictions that were more than 15 years old, which violated OEC 609(3)(a).1 We conclude that the trial court plainly erred in admitting that evidence, and we exercise our discretion to correct the error. Accordingly, we reverse and remand.

Plaintiff initiated this FED…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ailes v. Portland Meadows, Inc.Oregon Supreme Court · 1991
  2. State v. LovingCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 2018

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