State v. Templeton

Defendant was convicted of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in 1991. More than 20 years later, defendant moved for post-conviction DNA testing under ORS 138.690 and ORS 138.692 and petitioned the trial court for appointed counsel related to the DNA-testing motion under ORS 138.694. The trial court denied both the motion and the petition. In his first assignment of error, defendant contends that, because he met all of the statutory requirements set out in ORS 138.694, which provides for the appointment of counsel at state expense for assistance with a DNA-testing motion under ORS…