Legal Opinion
State v. Walton
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided April 4, 1991No. TC C8708-34157 SC S35078PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*225VAN HOOMISSEN, J.
This is an automatic and direct review of a judgment of conviction of aggravated murder and sentence of death. Former ORS 163.150(1)(f) (1987) (now ORS 163.150(l)(g)). Defendant seeks reversal of his conviction of aggravated murder. Alternatively, he requests this court to vacate his sentence of death. He also seeks reversal of his convictions of felony murder and robbery in the first degree.1 We affirm defendant’s convictions. We vacate his sentence of death and remand this case to the circuit court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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