State v. Crosby

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for manslaughter in the first degree. ORS 163.118(l)(c). Her sole assignment of error pertains to the propriety of the trial court’s jury instruction concerning the elements of the offense. She contends that the court’s instruction was erroneous and impermissibly confusing to the jury. We disagree and therefore affirm.

The facts necessary to dispose of the appeal are not in dispute. Defendant lived with her elderly mother, whose health began to decline during the 1990s. In 2001, defendant brought her mother to a hospital emergency room because her…