Legal Opinion

State v. Nefstad

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided April 3, 1990No. CC C87-03-31733, SC S34971PublishedCited by 64 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*525JONES, J.

In this case of automatic review, defendant appeals his conviction of aggravated murder and associated death sentence. We affirm defendant’s conviction of aggravated murder. We find the sentencing proceeding to be inadequate for the reasons stated in State v. Wagner, 309 Or 5, 786 P2d 93 (1990). Accordingly, we remand the case to the circuit court for a new sentencing proceeding.

FACTS

Shortly after midnight on Friday, March 13, 1987, defendant Stephen Leroy Nefstad and co-defendant Reyes Miranda drove to the Acropolis Tavern in Portland. There defendant struck up a conversation with…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by64 opinions

  1. State v. MontezOregon Supreme Court · 1990
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  5. State v. TurnidgeOregon Supreme Court · 2016

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