State v. Gill

The defendant, Oliver Gill, Jr., appeals from a second degree murder conviction obtained under ORS 163.020 (2), which reads:

“Any person who kills another by an act imminently dangerous to others, and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life, although without any design to effect the death of any particular individual, is guilty of murder in the second degree.”

ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NO. 1

His first assignment of error is the denial of his motion for a directed verdict. This requires that this court’s review of the evidence be in the light most favorable to the state, and that the trial…