her, the trial court could either strike the witness’s direct testimony or declare a mistrial. Best v. Tavenner, 189 Or 46, 54, 218 P2d 471 (1950). More recently, the court has recognized that, although not required to do so, a trial cotut may strike a criminal defendant’s testimony who refuses to submit to cross-examination. Mende, 304 Or at 21. The court has not had occasion until now to identify the principles that should guide a court’s discretion when a party refuses to answer only some cross-examination questions. We turn to that question. A criminal defendant has both a statutory and a constitutional right to testify in his or her own defense. See ORS 136.643 (statutory right); State v. Lotches, 331 Or 455, 483 n 10, 17 P3d 1045 (2000), cert den, 534 US 833 (2001) (<HOLDING>). As the court has recognized, however, a
recognizing that criminal defendants right to testify is subject to crossexamination holding right to testify was federal constitutional right recognizing cause of action against federal officials for violation of constitutional rights recognizing defendants state and federal constitutional rights to testify holding that state rights are equivalent to federal rights in this area