State v. Clarke

74 Argued and submitted October 5, 2018, affirmed October 16, 2019 STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. BEAU ALLEN CLARKE, Defendant-Appellant. Curry County Circuit Court 15CR48691; A163609

451 P3d 1022

During defendant’s closing argument in his trial for driving under the influ- ence of intoxicants, ORS 813.010(4), the trial court sustained the state’s objec- tion to defendant’s mischaracterization of the evidence, then offered a clarifying instruction to the jury. The jury convicted defendant. Defendant appeals, assign- ing error to (1) the trial court’s sustaining of the state’s…