State v. Thompson

Defendant appeals from his conviction of the crime of "assault in the third degree,” ORS 163.165, 1 assigning as error (1) the admission into evidence of four exhibits — photographs of the assault victim — offered by the state, 2 (2) the refusal of the court to permit him to call a witness for the purpose of impeaching a witness previously called by the state, and (3) the giving of an allegedly "ambiguous and misleading” jury instruction.

Concerning the photographs introduced by the state for the purpose of showing the nature of the injury suffered by the assault victim, defendant contends…