State v. Ziebert

Defendant, convicted by a jury of first degree burglary, ORS 164.225, contends on appeal that the trial court improperly forbade him to examine prospective jurors on voir dire concerning possible bias against him because he had previously been convicted of a crime.

On March 1, 1977, defendant was employed as a house cleaner by Robert Wilson, who managed rental houses. During the lunch hour on March 1, 1977, Wilson left a note for defendant at the house defendant was cleaning, requesting that defendant bring a key to the office Wilson maintained in his house. Wilson returned to his house and,…