Case Name: STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. EUGENE A. HUGHES, Appellant
Court: Oregon Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1969-01-22
Citations: 252 Or. 354
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. EUGENE A. HUGHES, Appellant.
Judges: Before McAllister, Presiding Justice, and O’Connell and Denecke, Justices.
Reporter: Oregon Reports
Volume: 252
Pages: 354–355

Head Matter:
Argued January 10,
affirmed January 22, 1969
STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. EUGENE A. HUGHES, Appellant.
449 P. 2d 445
J. Marvin Kuhn, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Gary D. Babcock, Public Defender, Salem.
John L. Snyder, Deputy District Attorney, Dallas, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.
Before McAllister, Presiding Justice, and O’Connell and Denecke, Justices.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The defendant's only claim of error is that a handwriting exemplar taken from the defendant was not voluntarily given. We decided in State v. Fisher, 242 Or 419, 410 P2d 216 (1966), that the taking of a hand writing exemplar did not violate the privilege against self-incrimination contained in the fifth amendment to the Federal Constitution. The United States Supreme Court subsequently so held in Gilbert v. California, 388 US 263, 87 S Ct 1951, 18 L Ed2d 1178 (1967).
The manner of obtaining the exemplar did not violate the due process clause of the Federal Constitution. Schmerber v. California, 384 US 757, 759-760, 86 S Ct 1826, 16 L Ed2d 908 (1966).
Affirmed.