State v. Lopez

Defendant appeals his convictions after trial to the court on two counts of assault in the second degree, ORS 163.175, and failure to perform the duties of a driver involved in an accident resulting in injury. ORS 483.602. The charges arose out of a two-car collision in which two people were severely injured. Defendant immediately fled the scene of the accident. The assault indictments alleged that defendant “did unlawfully and recklessly, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, cause serious physical injury to [the victims], by means of a dangerous…