Court of Appeals of Oregon· 6/22/2023

State v. Skotland

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326 Or. App. 469
533 P.3d 55

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noting that the court’s generic instructions did not cure possible harm resulting from improper burden-shifting argument because the instructions “did not clarify that defendant did not need to corroborate his testimony to create reasonable doubt as to whether he knew he was a felon”
describ- ing prohibition on a prosecutor commenting on a defendant’s failure to produce evidence
describ- ing prohibition on a prosecutor commenting on a defendant’s failure to produce evidence
“[W]e note that the court’s instructions at the beginning and the end of the case discussed the bur- den of proof generally, but like in Mayo, they did not clarify that defendant did not need to corroborate his testimony to create reasonable doubt as to whether he knew he was a felon.”

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