State v. Davis

Upon trial without a jury defendant was convicted of tailing and using a motor vehicle without permission of the owner. ORS 164.670. He makes three assignments of error on appeal. None has any merit.

His first assignment of error is that evidence of other crimes was improperly received. The motor vehicle taken without permission was a truck. The prosecution introduced evidence that defendant used the truck to transport stolen gasoline and rammed the truck through a locked gate. These acts were part of a continuous course of action surrounding the taking with which the defendant was charged,…