State v. Johnson

The defendant was convicted after a jury trial of the crime of larceny of a television set from the Oregon Motel in violation of former ORS 164.320 (repealed Oregon Laws 1971, ch 743, § 432) and has appealed.

Two issues are presented by defendant’s assignments of error: (1) Was it error for the state to introduce evidence over defendant’s objection of an unrelated, though similar, larceny for the purpose of showing identity of defendant, and (2) was sufficient evidence presented to convict the defendant of the crime charged?

The state’s evidence established that on September 18, 1971, the…