State v. O'BRIEN

Defendant was convicted by the court sitting without a jury of illegal possession of narcotics. ORS 474.020. He contends that (1) the court erred in allowing hearsay testimony and in denying a motion to strike the testimony; (2) the court erred in allowing testimony of another crime; and (3) the court erred in not allowing his motion for judgment of acquittal.

There was evidence establishing that one evening Russel Edmonds went to the New World Coffee House in Eugene where he encountered the defendant, Arthur Koivisto and Judy Freeman. After a few minutes a fifth person, Joe Lyda, joined them…