Oregon Supreme Court· 11/30/1988

State v. Gallant

Citations

764 P.2d 920
307 Or. 152
1988 Ore. LEXIS 757

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holding that second-degree theft by shoplifting is a crime involving dishonesty
shoplifting is crime of dishonesty for purposes of impeachment under OEC 609
post-offense change in evidence code, which rendered admissible certain impeachment evidence, was not an ex post facto law
post-offense change in evidence code, which rendered admissible certain impeachment evidence, was not an ex post facto law
“Generally speaking, ex post facto laws punish acts that were legal at the time they occurred, change the punishment for those acts, or deprive the defendant of a defense for those acts.”
application of a uniform rule of evidence of general application that “did not affect a substantive right” in a trial for a crime committed before the rule was adopted does not violate Article I, section 21

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Judges: Campbell

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