Case Name: STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. SHAWN MICHAEL GRISHAM, Defendant-Appellant
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 2012-09-26
Citations: 252 Or. App. 561
Docket Number: 10C40219; A147008
Parties: STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. SHAWN MICHAEL GRISHAM, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before Armstrong, Presiding Judge, and Brewer, Judge, and Duncan, Judge.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 252
Pages: 561–562

Head Matter:
Submitted August 3,
reversed and remanded September 26, 2012
STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. SHAWN MICHAEL GRISHAM, Defendant-Appellant.
Marion County Circuit Court
10C40219; A147008
287 P3d 1280
Peter Gartlan, Chief Defender, and Robin A. Jones, Senior Deputy Public Defender, Office of Public Defense Services, filed the brief for appellant.
Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Anna M. Joyce, Solicitor General, and Janet A. Klapstein, Senior Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.
Before Armstrong, Presiding Judge, and Brewer, Judge, and Duncan, Judge.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of one count of first-degree criminal mistreatment, ORS 163.205, based on an incident involving his four-year-old son. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred in allowing evidence related to his prior conviction for fourth-degree assault against his then-wife and in denying his challenge for cause to the seating of two jurors, who, defendant contends, demonstrated actual bias. The state concedes that the challenged evidence was improperly admitted and, given the nature of the error, that a new trial is warranted. The state's concession is well founded, and we accept it. Consequently, we reverse and remand defendant's conviction and do not reach his assignments of error challenging the composition of the jury.
Reversed and remanded.