Real v. Nooth

In this collateral criminal proceeding, the post-conviction court concluded that petitioner was denied adequate assistance of counsel under Article I, section 11, of the Oregon Constitution and the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution because petitioner’s trial counsel did not argue that a 20-year sentence of imprisonment for petitioner’s convictions of attempted aggravated murder and attempted assault was disproportionate under Article I, section 16, of the Oregon Constitution.1 Defendant — the Superintendent of Snake River Correctional Institution (superintendent) — appeals,…