State v. Hand

The defendant, having been convicted of criminal activity in drugs, ORS 167.207, appeals on the ground that the district attorney failed to make pretrial disclosure to him as required by ORS 135.815. ①

During the course of the trial the state called an undercover agent, Odom, as a witness. Prior to trial the defendant had been furnished with a typewritten statement purporting to he that of Odom. When Odom was on the witness stand, on cross-examination the following developed: (1) he had made notes in a notebook concerning the pertinent events at the time of their occurrence; (2) prior to trial…