State v. DOMINGUEZ-CORONADO

The court today denies petitions for review in three cases, State v. Dominguez-Coronado, 219 Or App 315, 182 P3d 322 (2008), State v. Holcomb, order of the presiding judge denying petition for reconsideration dated May 21,2008, and State v. Watts, order of the presiding judge denying petition for reconsideration dated April 23, 2008. I concur in those decisions, but write separately to call to the attention of the Court of Appeals a concern that that court may be misinterpreting the scope of its authority to reconsider its decisions.

Each of these three cases involved a criminal defendant’s…