State v. Brown

Defendant appealed his conviction of robbery, assigning as error that the trial court ruled evidence that he was on probation for a previous crime admissible to impeach his testimony for interest. The Court of Appeals affirmed without opinion, and we allowed review. We affirm.

The issue involves three provisions of the Oregon Evidence Code: OEC 404(2), which prohibits evidence of a defendant’s criminal character; OEC 609(1), dealing with impeaching a defendant in a criminal case with evidence of a prior criminal conviction; and OEC 609-1, dealing with impeaching a defendant in a criminal case…