State v. Elam

Defendant was charged by complaint with two counts of menacing. ORS 163.190. The court denied his motion to sever the charges for trial. A jury found him guilty on one count, but not guilty on the other. He appeals, arguing that his motion to sever should have been granted, that the court erred in sustaining the state’s objection to a question asked a juror on voir dire and that two requested instructions should have been given.

On the day before the alleged criminal incident, defendant, the woman with whom he lived and her 10-year-old daughter went on a picnic. Defendant’s clothing…