Rodacker v. State of Oregon

This is an appeal from an order dismissing a petition for post-conviction relief and denying petitioner’s request for appointed counsel. Petitioner was convicted of grand larceny in 1971. On the basis of that conviction, he was found guilty of being an exconvict in possession of a firearm, ORS 166.270(1), by the Washington County Circuit Court in 1974. In July, 1984, the judgment on the 1971 grand larceny charge was vacated by a federal district court.

In August, 1984, petitioner filed this petition for relief from the 1974 conviction, pursuant to ORS 138.510 to 138.680. He simultaneously…