State v. Lasky

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of unauthorized use of a vehicle (UUV), ORS 164.135; second-degree criminal trespass, ORS 164.245; and third-degree criminal mischief, ORS 164.345, based on an incident in which he removed a truck and trailer from a locked lot where he had consigned the vehicles for sale. Defendant appeals, assigning error to the trial court’s allowance of the state’s in limine motion to exclude a police officer’s statement to defendant that he could retrieve those vehicles.1 The trial court concluded that the statement was not relevant. We conclude that the…