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649 P.2d 624

58 Or.App. 607

Docket No. 81-0435; CA A22887.

State v. Walker

STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. Charlie Lee WALKER, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon

Argued and Submitted April 23, 1982.

Decided August 18, 1982.

Court of Appeals of Oregon · decided 1982-08-18

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently December 2004

3 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“[t]he trial court properly ruled that the psychologist's lack of a license went, at most, to the weight of his testimony, not to its admissibility”

quoted by 1 later decision, including 891 So. 2d 398 - Wood v. State

Relies on State v. Walker · 31 Or. App. 565 - State v. Bolger

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1982-08-18

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¶1*625 Stephen J. Williams, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Gary D. Babcock, Public Defender, Salem.

¶2Thomas H. Denney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and William F. Gary, Sol. Gen., Salem.

¶3Before GILLETTE, P.J., and WARDEN, and YOUNG, JJ.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5Defendant appeals his convictions for attempted murder and assault in the first degree, contending that the trial court erred in allowing a non-licensed Oregon State Hospital clinical psychologist to testify regarding defendant's mental state.

¶6Whether or not a witness is qualified to express an expert opinion on a subject is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court. State v. Bolger, 31 Or. App. 565, 567, 570 P.2d 1018 (1977). That discretion was not abused here. The trial court properly ruled that the psychologist's lack of a license went, at most, to the weight of his testimony, not to its admissibility.

¶7Affirmed.

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