State v. Calderon

Defendant was convicted of four counts of first-degree robbery, ORS 164.415, three counts of second-degree robbery, ORS 164.405, one count of third-degree robbery, ORS 164.395, and two counts of identity theft, ORS 165.800. He raises two assignments of error on appeal. First, he contends that the court erred in failing to merge a number of the robbery counts. We reject that assignment without discussion. Second, he contends that the trial court erred in ruling that he could not question a state witness about a pending criminal charge against the witness for purposes of showing the witness’s…