State v. Goss

Defendant appeals from his conviction of murder, ORS 163.115, following a trial to the court and assigns as error the admission of evidence that he had committed or planned to commit crimes other than that with which he was charged in this case.

Defendant admitted that in January, 1977, he killed a gas-station attendant. At trial, he relied on the defenses of extreme emotional disturbance, ORS lbS-llNClXa), 1 and mental disease or defect. ORS 161.295. 2 One psychiatrist, Dr. Fried, testified on behalf of defendant. Dr. Fried concluded that defendant suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, and…