State v. Ford

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for possession of a controlled substance. Former ORS 475.992(4) (2003). He assigns error to the trial court’s failure to obtain a written waiver of his right to a jury trial, the court’s denial of his motion to suppress, and the court’s admission of a crime laboratory report without requiring the state to produce the criminalist who prepared the report. The state concedes, and we agree, that the trial court erred in failing to secure defendant’s written jury trial waiver. As we explain below, we either reject or do not reach defendant’s other…