State v. Garrett

Defendant is charged with six counts of aggravated murder, ORS 163.095, and one count of intentional murder, ORS 163.115, for the 1988 murder of Loretha Williams. Before trial, defendant filed a motion in limine to exclude evidence relating to defendant’s convictions for the 1990 assault of Lizette Moore. The trial court granted defendant’s motion. The state appealed directly to this court under ORS 138.060(2), 1 seeking reversal of the trial court’s order. As we explain below, we affirm the trial court’s order.

Loretha Williams was murdered in 1988. Williams had been a single working mother…