State v. Charles

Defendant was convicted by jury of second degree murder and appeals from a judgment sentencing him to a term not to exceed 14 years’ imprisonment.

On the evening of November 20, 1968, defendant Charles, and a companion were visiting a Mr. Jocks at Ms residence in Klamath Falls. Deceased, a Negro Air Force Crew Chief named Robert Wayne Torrence, and two companions drove np to an adjoining residence occupied by defendant’s children and ex-wife, Karen Charles. While Torrence and one of his companions were standing on the porch of Mrs. Charles’s house, defendant went out on the porch of the…