Oregon Supreme Court· 7/2/2020

State v. Payne

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366 Or. 588
468 P.3d 445

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explaining that the instruction “serves an important advisory function because it * * * permits the jury to draw an inference that a willfully false witness who has violated her oath in one particular may well have done so in others”
overruling “that part of” Ireland v. Mitchell, 226 Or 286, 359 P2d 894 (1961
“Considered in the light most favor- able to the defendant, the complainant’s repeated denials amount to more than an honest mistake, confusion, or hazy recollection.”
one purpose of instruction is to “inform[ ] the jury of its ability to distrust other portions of a witness’s tes- timony”
“[A] reviewing court must view the evi- dence in the light most favorable to the party requesting the instruction.”
to determine whether instructional error is harm- less, the court considers the instructions as a whole, tak- ing into account how the parties’ theories of the case were developed through the evidence and arguments at trial

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