State v. GARCIA-MENDOZA

Defendant approached his former girlfriend and her companion while they were seated in the front seat of a truck. From close range, he shot the companion in the head through the driver’s window of the truck, and then reached in and shot his former girlfriend in the head. He was convicted of two counts of attempted aggravated murder, one for each victim, and two counts of first-degree assault, related to both victims. The court purportedly made the sentence for each assault conviction consecutive to its related attempted murder conviction under ORS 137.123(5)(a). ORS 137.123(5) provides, in…