State v. Troen

Defendant, an animal rights activist, appeals from convictions 1 for crimes arising from a break-in at a University of Oregon research facility and the theft of laboratory animals. He assigns as error the allowance of the state’s pretrial motion to limit the evidence that he proposed to introduce in support of a “choice of evils” defense. ORS 161.200. 2 We affirm.

Before trial, the state filed a motion that sought to preclude defendant from offering evidence on his choice of evils defense. In the pretrial hearing, the trial court required defendant to present his evidence. He argues that the…