State v. Serrell

Defendant was convicted by a jury of illegal sale of narcotics, viz., heroin, in violation of former ORS 474.020 (repealed Oregon Laws 1971, ch 743, § 432).

On appeal he contends that the trial judge erred:(1) In denying his motion to dismiss for failure to grant him a speedy trial;(2) In failing to make provision for him to listen to his trial by use of sound equipment after he had been removed from the courtroom for allegedly disruptive conduct;(3) In instructing the jury that “[ejvery witness is presumed to speak the truth”;(4) In failing to instruct the jury that if the state presented…