State v. Miles

Defendant appeals a judgment convicting him of manufacturing a controlled substance, marijuana, contending that the trial court erred in barring him from asserting the “medical marijuana” defense provided in ORS 475.319(1) and the “choice-of-evils” defense provided in ORS 161.200. We affirm.

We review the record to determine whether defendant presented any evidence to support the defenses he sought to assert and evaluate that evidence in the light most favorable to defendant. State v. Brown, 306 Or 599, 605, 607, 761 P2d 1300 (1988).

In November 2000, police officers searched defendant’s…