State v. Williams

Defendant was convicted of felony murder, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and burglary in the first degree. ORS 163.115; ORS 164.135; ORS 164.225. The victim was an elderly man who lived in a rural area. Defendant, along with two other persons, went to that area late one night in order to commit a robbery or burglary. They stopped at the victim’s home and lured him outside on a pretext of car trouble. When the victim looked under the hood of defendant’s car, one of defendant’s companions sneaked behind him and struck him repeatedly with a pipe. He was robbed of $42 and the keys to his…