State v. Cardona

*58Defendant was charged with assault in the fourth degree, ORS 163.160, for allegedly punching his ex-girlfriend on August 5, and with criminal mischief in the second degree, ORS 164.354, for allegedly damaging property at his ex-girlfriend's apartment on August 6. A jury convicted him of assault and acquitted him of criminal mischief. On appeal, defendant assigns error to the trial court's denial of his request for a limiting instruction. The requested instruction would have told the jury not to rely on evidence of defendant's acts on August 6 to infer defendant's guilt of the alleged assault…