State v. Brinager

Defendant appeals his conviction on two counts of criminally negligent homicide. ORS 163.145. He assigns as errors the court’s admission of evidence regarding his pattern of driving before the accident giving rise to the homicide charge and its denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal. We affirm.

Defendant contends that the court erred by admitting testimony from the Mansers, a husband and wife who observed defendant’s driving before the accident. Defendant argues that their evidence is too remote. They had watched defendant’s driving for a 10- to 15-minute interval that ended…