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State v. George

Oregon Court of Appeals
Dec 21, 1981
640 P.2d 1043 (Or. Ct. App. 1981)

Opinion

No. 37488, CA A20757

On respondent's reconsideration filed January 18, reconsideration allowed, former opinion filed December 21, 1981 ( 55 Or. App. 224, 637 P.2d 1305) modified, reversed and remanded for further proceedings February 16, 1982

Appeal from Circuit Court, Benton County.

Richard Mengler, Judge.

Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, William F. Gary, Solicitor General, and Stephen F. Peifer, Salem, for petition.

Before Gillette, Presiding Judge, and Young, Judge, and Roberts, Judge Pro Tempore.


GILLETTE, P. J.

Petition for reconsideration granted. Former opinion modified. Reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent with the procedure established in State v. Addicks, supra.


In our previous opinion in this case, which involved a trial court's summary overruling of defendant's objection, on violation of discovery rule grounds, to certain state testimony, we held that the trial court's ruling was error and not harmless. We reversed and remanded the case for a new trial. State v. George, 55 Or. App. 224, 637 P.2d 1305 (1981). The state has filed a petition for review in the Supreme Court, which we treat as a petition for reconsideration by this court. RAP 10.10. We grant reconsideration and modify our former opinion.

The state argues that a decision to reverse and remand for a new trial is both premature and contrary to our own precedents. It is premature, the states urges, because the present record is insufficient to establish the exact nature and extent of the state's discovery violation. It is contrary to our precedents, the state urges, in that

"It has been the consistent policy of [this court] that, when a defendant has been convicted despite an asserted discovery violation by the state which the trial court failed to examine, the correct appellate remedy is a remand for a hearing on the claim in the trial court * * *."

We stand corrected. See State v. Addicks, 28 Or. App. 663, 560 P.2d 1095 (1977); see also, State v. McKeen, 33 Or. App. 343, 576 P.2d 804 (1978); State v. Warren, 31 Or. App. 1121, 572 P.2d 341 (1977).

Petition for reconsideration granted. Former opinion modified. Reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent with the procedure established in State v. Addicks, supra.


Summaries of

State v. George

Oregon Court of Appeals
Dec 21, 1981
640 P.2d 1043 (Or. Ct. App. 1981)
Case details for

State v. George

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. THOMAS GEORGE, Appellant

Court:Oregon Court of Appeals

Date published: Dec 21, 1981

Citations

640 P.2d 1043 (Or. Ct. App. 1981)
640 P.2d 1043

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