Opinion ID: 1430376
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Heading: The correct analysis

Text: Once it is determined that evidence was wrongfully admitted, the next question is whether the error was prejudicial or harmless. We have construed Or.Const., Art. VII (Amended), § 3, and ORS 138.230 [1] to require that we affirm the judgment in a criminal case if there is substantial and convincing evidence of guilt and the error was unlikely to have changed the result of the trial. State v. Van Hooser, 266 Or. 19, 511 P.2d 359 (1973); State v. McLean, 255 Or. 464, 468 P.2d 521 (1970). I would hold simply that the error was harmless. The remaining evidence is that defendant was operating an automobile, that she produced an out-of-state operator's license, but no Oregon license, and that eight months earlier her Oregon non-resident's operating privilege had been suspended indefinitely. There was no defense. I find it inconceivable that the district judge would have found otherwise even if the notation had not appeared in the certification. This case is just that simple.