State v. O'Connor

¶ 1 Bridge, J.

Courtney James O’Connor was accused of slashing the tires on a vehicle owned by Rachel Bologna, with whom he had had a dating relationship. Investigators discovered that O’Connor gave Bologna several hundred dollars to replace the tires. O’Connor moved to exclude evidence of his payment under Evidence Rule (ER) 408, but the trial court disagreed and both Bologna and O’Connor testified about the payment at trial. The jury found O’Connor guilty of second degree malicious mischief— domestic violence.

¶2 On appeal, O’Connor argued that evidence regarding his compromise, in the form…