State v. Ventris

*285BALMER, J.

In this criminal matter, we are asked to decide whether a finding under the aggravated murder statute, ORS 163.095(2)(d), that defendant personally and intentionally killed the victim requires us to conclude as a matter of law that a conviction for “murder” based on the same event necessarily is a conviction for intentional murder, ORS 163.115(l)(a), rather than for felony murder, ORS 163.115(l)(b). The question matters in this case, because defendant faces the possibility of a longer sentence if his conviction was for intentional murder.

Following a bench trial, the trial court…