State v. Hampton

Defendant appeals his conviction for assault in the second degree, ORS163.175, for hitting a police officer in the head with a beer bottle. He assigns error to the trial court’s admission of evidence that he was on parole or probation when he committed the act and to the denial of his motion for a mistrial. We affirm.

On January 20, 1991, at approximately 10 p.m., Deputy Sheriff Reese was on routine patrol when a car pulled alongside him, but slowed suddenly, as if the driver were trying to avoid being noticed. He decided to follow it. He thought three or four people were in the car. He…