State v. Serrano

This case concerns the meaning of several sections of Oregon Evidence Code (OEC) 505, which governs marital privileges in Oregon. Defendant was charged with multiple counts of aggravated murder, involving three victims. Defendant’s wife agreed to testify for the state regarding certain communications between defendant and wife that had occurred both before and after the murders. Although it is not entirely clear from the record, it appears that the state sought to offer wife’s testimony regarding those communications as some evidence that defendant had had a motive to commit the murders and…