State v. Fletcher

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for second-degree assault, ORS 163.175.1 Defendant does not assign error to his convictions on two counts of coercion and one count of harassment. Defendant assigns error to the trial court’s ruling that defendant could not contend, in closing argument, that the state must prove, but had not, that defendant intended or knew that he used a dangerous weapon.2 The state responds that the matter is not preserved for appeal and that defendant’s statement of the law is incorrect. We conclude that the matter was preserved, and, as to the merits, we review…