State v. Bauer

Decision Date02 June 1948
Citation183 Or. 481,193 P.2d 999
PartiesSTATE <I>v.</I> BAUER
CourtOregon Supreme Court
                  See, 22 C.J.S., Criminal Law § 683
                  169 A.L.R. 315
                  53 Am. Jur. 498
                

Appeal from Circuit Court, Marion County.

E.M. PAGE, Judge.

Tyrone Gillespie, of Salem, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Frank J. Healy, of Salem.

Lawrence B. Osterman, Deputy District Attorney, of Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was M.B. Hayden, District Attorney, of Salem.

Before ROSSMAN, Chief Justice, and LUSK, BELT, KELLY and BAILEY, Justices.

Adam Thomas Bauer was convicted of the crime of committing an act of sexual perversity and he appeals.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

KELLY, J.

On June 23, 1947, the defendant herein was indicted by the grand jury of Marion County. In the indictment, he was charged with the crime of committing an act of sexual perversity with one Howard Tebbets, a boy of the age of fifteen years. From a judgment of conviction and a sentence thereupon, defendant appeals.

No good purpose can be served by recounting the sordid and revolting testimony herein. Suffice it to say that numerous acts of sexual perversity by defendant with young Tebbets were shown to have been committed. The state elected to stand upon the proof of an act accomplished upon the date set forth in the indictment, namely, June 13, 1947.

Seasonably, defendant, by his counsel, requested the trial court inter alia to instruct the jury as follows:

"You are instructed that the defendant, Adam Thomas Bauer is indicted for an act of sexual perversity alleged to have been committed on one Howard Tebbets, on the 13th day of June, A.D. 1947, and that the State of Oregon has elected to stand upon the act charged upon that date. All matters which may have been introduced by the State of Oregon as to other acts of perversity between Tebbets and the defendant are to be taken by you solely as evidence to determine the truth or falsity of the act alleged to have been committed on June 13, 1947, and unless you find...

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  • State v. Rodriguez-Castillo
    • United States
    • Oregon Court of Appeals
    • January 24, 2007
    ...constituted an election. To be effective, an election must be confirmed to the jury by the court. See, e.g., State v. Bauer, 183 Or. 481, 482-83, 193 P.2d 999 (1948) (holding that trial court erred in failing to instruct jury in accordance with state's election); State v. Randolph, 123 Or.A......
  • State v. Pauley, CR0300333.
    • United States
    • Oregon Court of Appeals
    • April 4, 2007
    ...an express concurrence instruction. To be effective, an election must be confirmed to the jury by the court. Compare State v. Bauer, 183 Or. 481, 482-83, 193 P.2d 999 (1948) (concluding that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury regarding the state's election in its indictme......
  • State v. Howard
    • United States
    • Oregon Supreme Court
    • November 19, 1958
    ...on the basis of another act, resulting in a verdict in which the requisite number of jurors did not concur. State v. Bauer, 1948, 183 Or. 481, 483, 193 P.2d 999, 1000. In the present case the State kept its proof of the act charged and the corroborative acts distinct, and the jury was caref......
  • State v. Kibler
    • United States
    • Oregon Court of Appeals
    • November 14, 1969
    ...the jury that the state was required to prove that the crime of concealment, if any, was committed on that date. State v. Bauer, 183 Or. 481, 193 P.2d 999 (1948). The first assignment charges error because the court did not require the state to elect a specific date prior to the conclusion ......
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