State v. McLean

Defendant was tried by jury and convicted in circuit court of the crime of assault and battery by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury. ORS 163.255. The crime took place while defendant was an inmate of the Rocky Butte Jail awaiting proseen tion on .another charge. The. victim was also a prisoner in the jail. No purpose is to he served by a recitation of the sordid details.

Defendant makes two .assignments of error on appeal. On direct examination defendant was asked concerning the disposition, .of the charge that had brought about his incarceration in the. jail. (He had been…