State v. Cox

This case is before us on automatic and direct review of defendant’s judgment of conviction and sentence of death. Defendant raises 37 assignments of error challenging the trial court’s rulings during the guilt and penalty phases of his trial. For the reasons set out below, we affirm the judgment of conviction and sentence of death.

This case arises out of a homicide at the Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP). The relevant facts divide into three parts: defendant’s relationship with the victim, Mark Davis; Davis’s relationship with the Lakota Club and another inmate, Donnie Graham; and finally the…