Legal Opinion

State v. Jones

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided October 17, 1963PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Per curiam

The defendant was convicted of second-degree murder and appeals.

The only question in the case is whether the trial *539court committed reversible error when it instructed the jury that there was a conclusive presumption of an intent to kill from the deliberate use of a deadly weapon. It did. State v. Elliott, 234 Or 522, 383 P2d 382 (1963); State of Oregon v. Nodine, 198 Or 679, 695, 259 P2d 1056 (1953).

Reversed and remanded.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State of Oregon v. NodineOregon Supreme Court · 1953
  2. State v. ElliottOregon Supreme Court · 1963

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. RawlsOregon Supreme Court · 1967
  2. State v. SteimleOregon Supreme Court · 1969