State v. Reed

In this criminal case, defendant appeals the trial court’s judgment convicting him of delivery of methamphetamine, ORS 475.890, and reflecting a guilty verdict on a charge of possession of methamphetamine, ORS 475.894. On appeal, defendant assigns error to the trial court’s admission of evidence of text messages on defendant’s telephone. The trial court admitted the evidence as relevant only to a particular issue, and so instructed the jury. Ultimately, that issue was not submitted to the jury. Nevertheless, on appeal, defendant argues that the trial court’s purported error was prejudicial.…