State v. Thoma

In this criminal case, defendant was charged with murder and felony murder in the strangulation death of Trayci Thomson. At his trial, defendant offered evidence that another man claimed to have killed the victim. The trial judge excluded the testimony. Defendant was convicted of both charges. He appealed to the Court of Appeals claiming, inter alia, 1 that the trial court’s ruling excluding evidence of the other man’s admissions violated both defendant’s right to offer such evidence under the Oregon Evidence Code, OEC 804(3) (c), and his right to due process under the United States…