State v. Pinnell

This case is before this court on automatic and direct appeal from an aggravated murder conviction and sentence of death. ORS 163.150(l)(f) (amended by Or Laws 1989, ch 790, § 135b). A jury found defendant, Mark Pinnell, guilty on six counts of aggravated murder and two counts of felony murder involving a single victim. 1 Following the findings by the jury during the penalty phase, the court entered a judgment sentencing defendant to death on the aggravated murder by torture conviction. Defendant seeks reversal of his conviction, asserting numerous assignments of error. For the reasons stated…