STATE v. KNIGHT

(CC 03023540C; CA A122440; SC S54423).

173 P.3d 1210 (2007)

343 Or. 469

STATE of Oregon, Respondent on Review, v. Roy Norman KNIGHT, Petitioner on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, En Banc.

Decided December 6, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tammy W. Sun, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner on review. With her on the brief was Peter Gartlan, Chief Defender, Legal Services Division, Public Defense Services.

Anna M. Joyce, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review. With her on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General.


GILLETTE, J.

In this criminal case, defendant challenges a trial court's decision to allow the jury to hear a recording of defendant making disparaging comments about his attorney and threatening to "sign [his] kids over to the state" if his mother did not retain a different attorney for him. Defendant contends that his comments about his attorney were inadmissible under the evidence code and that allowing the jury to hear them violated his constitutional right to...

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