State v. Phillips

Defendant appeals his convictions for assault in the fourth degree and driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII). Defendant assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion in limine to admit evidence of an altercation that he had with a police officer inside the Intoxilyzer room of the Hillsboro police station. That evidence was admissible, defendant argued, to impeach another officer — who had been present in the room but had not participated in the altercation — for bias against defendant. We review for errors of law, and affirm. State v. Hubbard, 297 Or 789, 800, 688 P2d…