State v. Schnur

A jury convicted defendant of one count of unlawful possession of methamphetamine, ORS 475.894.1 Officers found the methamphetamine in a jewelry box in defendant’s bedroom after defendant consented to a search of his home; defendant denied knowing that the methamphetamine was in the jewelry box. At trial, the court admitted evidence (in the form of statements by defendant to the arresting officer) that, the previous year, defendant had pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine that his girlfriend had left in his car; the court ruled that the evidence of that prior incident was admissible…