That understanding is consistent with our previous case law. In State v. Erb, 101 Or.App. 444, 445, 790 P.2d 1211 (1990), the defendant had been tried and convicted for violating ORS 166.270, and she argued that, because her felony conviction “became a misdemeanor conviction after 3 years when she was discharged from probation, evidence of the felony conviction should not have been admitted.” We disagreed, explaining that

The critical question is whether the conviction was declared to be a misdemeanor at the time of judgment. At the time of the initial entry of judgment on the burglary conviction in 1983, the court did not declare the conviction to be a misdemeanor and, as we held in State v. Erb, 101 Or. App. 444, 445, 790 P.2d 1211 (1990), the fact that a defendant is placed on probation after imposition of sentence was suspended does not mean that a conviction was "a misdemeanor at the time of judgment" for the purposes of ORS 166.270. When a convicted defendant is placed on probation, the conviction becomes "final" on the day that the judgment is entered in the register.