State v. Baker

83 Submitted December 15, 2020, affirmed March 2, 2022 STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. RICHARD LEROY BAKER, Defendant-Appellant. Clatsop County Circuit Court 18CR08451; A170344

506 P3d 451

In this criminal appeal, defendant contests his convictions for one count each of manufacturing heroin and delivering heroin. On appeal, among other assignments of error, defendant specifically argues that the trial court erred by refusing to grant a mistrial after the state mentioned “stolen” firearms during opening argument, and that the curative instruction was insufficient to cure the resulting…