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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">State of Oregon v. G. R. M.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(Duncan, P. J.) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In this criminal case, defendant appeals the trial court's judgment convicting him of harassment, asserting that
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">the trial court erred by excluding evidence that the complaining witness had physically attacked him a few
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">weeks before she made the allegations on which the charges against him were based. Defendant contends
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">that the evidence that he sought to introduce was relevant and admissible evidence of bias.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Held:</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> The trial court erred by excluding the evidence, and the error was not harmless. Defendant's proffered evidence was
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">relevant to whether the complaining witness was biased against defendant and, therefore, was relevant to
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">whether the complaining witness's account of the alleged crimes was credible; as such, it was admissible as
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">impeachment evidence. Additionally, the proffered evidence was qualitatively different from the admitted
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">evidence, and, therefore, the error was not harmless. Reversed and remanded.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://law.justia.com/cases/oregon/court-of-appeals/2015/a151158.html">http://law.justia.com/cases/oregon/court-of-appeals/2015/a151158.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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