Legal Opinion

State v. Fruitts

Court of Appeals of Oregon

Decided February 14, 2018No. A156168Published

1Opinion of the CourtLagesen, J.

*224Defendant, while driving, collided with a road-worker who was repairing potholes along with a crew of other workers. For that conduct, a jury convicted defendant of one count of criminally negligent homicide, ORS 163.145.1 Defendant appeals, assigning error to the trial court's exclusion as irrelevant of testimony from two expert witnesses regarding recommended traffic safety guidelines for roadworkers, and whether the roadworkers involved with the collision complied with those guidelines, as well as two illustrations depicting what a driver would have seen had the roadworkers deployed the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. DavisOregon Supreme Court · 2003
  2. State v. TitusOregon Supreme Court · 1999
  3. State v. TurnidgeOregon Supreme Court · 2016
  4. State v. LewisOregon Supreme Court · 2012
  5. State v. HRENCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 2010

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