State v. Oliverez

Defendant appeals his conviction by jury verdict of first degree murder, former ORS 163.010. There are three assignments of error. Defendant contends the trial court erred when it failed to suppress evidence derived from the use of a polygraph examination. The allowance by the trial court of testimony concerning cause of death is assigned as error because the skull of the victim was not furnished the defense in the course of discovery. The defendant also sought a judgment of acquittal on this basis and the denial of this motion is assigned as error. Finally, defendant contends the court erred…