State v. Chase

Defendant was convicted after jury trial of riot, harassment, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. He appeals contending that the trial court erred in denying his successive motions to dismiss, to grant a continuance and to grant a new trial. All motions were based on the same contention, namely, that the state failed to provide defendant with reciprocal discovery as to police officers at or near the scene of defendant’s arrest.

Defendant and others were involved in an altercation with police inside a Portland tavern which eventually erupted into a small-scale riot. Approximately 40 police…