State v. Engweiler

Defendant, a remanded juvenile, ORS 419.533(1), was convicted of two counts of aggravated murder, one count of first degree rape, one count of first degree sodomy and one count of murder. He challenges the convictions for rape and sodomy. He also assigns error to the imposition of a 30-year minimum sentence. We affirm the convictions and remand for resentencing.

On February 21, 1990, defendant raped and sodomized an acquaintance and then killed her to conceal the crime. Several hours before her death, the victim told a friend, Pebworth, that she “didn’t like [defendant] anymore, and she didn’t…