State v. Wright

*10GILLETTE, J.

This criminal case is before us on automatic and direct review from convictions for aggravated murder and a sentence of death. ORS 163.150(1)(g). Following a jury trial, the trial court entered a judgment finding defendant guilty of eight counts of aggravated murder, one count of kidnapping in the first degree, and one count of attempted aggravated murder, and imposed a sentence of death. We affirm.

The facts of the murders play little part in the issues presented by this appeal; a brief summary of them is sufficient. Defendant was convicted of killing four men, in separate…