State v. Blackburn

511 P.2d 381 (1973)

STATE of Oregon, Respondent,

v.

Reid Turner BLACKBURN, Petitioner. State of Oregon, Respondent,

v.

Bruce Cameron Barber, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Argued and Submitted February 6, 1973.

Decided June 21, 1973.

H.W. Devlin, McMinnville, argued the cause for petitioners.

John H. Clough, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the briefs were Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., and John W. Osburn, Sol. Gen., Salem.

HOLMAN, Justice.

These two criminal cases were consolidated for hearing both in the trial court and in the Court of Appeals. The trial…