State v. Klamert

The defendant was convicted of assault with intent to kill and sentenced to imprisonment for 15 years, from which judgment he appeals.

The only assignment of error alleges that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of a threat made by defendant against a class of persons because the victim was not a member of the class.

On August 9, 1967, Officer Floyd Embree, a Portland policeman, went to defendant’s residence in northeast Portland to investigate a complaint about someone shooting in the area. When Embree questioned defendant in his home, he found that defendant would not talk about the…