State v. Wiltse

527 Submitted October 4, 2022, affirmed April 26, petition for review allowed September 14, 2023 ( 371 Or 333) See later issue Oregon Reports STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MATTHEW RYAN WILTSE, Defendant-Appellant. Curry County Circuit Court 20CR28544; A175287

529 P3d 288

Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of third-degree assault, ORS 163.165. In a single assignment of error, defendant contends that the trial court committed plain error when it gave the state’s special instruction on what constitutes a “protracted disfigurement” for the purpose of proving the “serious…