State v. Starr

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for attempted first-degree assault, ORS 163.185 and ORS 161.405, unlawful use of a weapon, ORS 166.220, menacing, ORS 163.190, and fourth-degree assault constituting domestic violence, ORS 163.160. The issue in this case is whether the victim’s hearsay statements were admissible at trial. Defendant assigns error to the trial court’s rulings that admitted the victim’s statements during a 9-1-1 call as well as her statements to responding officers. He argues that admission of those statements violated his rights to confront a witness under the state…