State v. Griffin

Defendant appeals an amended judgment and order of probation following his conviction on two counts of cruelty to animals. ORS 167.850. 1 The complaint charged that between April 10, 1982, and May 30, 1983, defendant recklessly caused and allowed his dog to kill two cats. We modify the amended judgment and order and affirm it as modified.

Defendant assigns as errors that the trial court denied his motion to postpone the trial, overruled his objection to certain evidence and abused its discretion by the content of its answer to defendant’s question during the prosecutor’s closing argument. We…