State v. Banks

381 Argued and submitted September 9, 2021, reversed and remanded March 16, 2022 STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. RONALD WILLIAM BANKS, Defendant-Appellant. Umatilla County Circuit Court 19CR35114; A172569

507 P3d 787

Defendant appeals his conviction for driving under the influence of intox- icants. He assigns error to the trial court’s exclusion of lay witness testimony offered to rebut allegations about defendant’s behavior at the scene of an acci- dent. The state primarily contends that any error in excluding the testimony was harmless, arguing that the testimony was otherwise…