115 Or. App. 104 - State v. White’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[The] defendant could have done several different acts and, if he intended thereby to attempt to place [the victim] in fear, would have committed menacing. The jury did not have to agree unanimously that he did any specific act that would cause fear in order to find him guilty of menacing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 298 Or. App. 411 - State v. Payne

2. “the jury could have found him guilty of menacing, even though only some jurors might have concluded that he had pointed a gun at another, while others might have concluded he had brandished a flashlight.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 298 Or. App. 411 - State v. Payne

3. “that the court should have given a jury instruction that specified the act that the state relied on to support the menacing charge”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 298 Or. App. 411 - State v. Payne