State v. Fry

*375BREWER, C. J.

Defendant was convicted of three counts of third-degree assault, ORS 163.165, and one count of first-degree burglary, ORS 164.225. On appeal, he raises two assignments of error. First, he argues, the trial court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial when the prosecutor asked a witness (defendant’s mother) whether she had reported to a deputy sheriff that defendant had admitted committing the crimes. Because we conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in choosing to give a curative instruction rather than grant a mistrial, we reject that assignment of error…