Legal Opinion
State v. Compton
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided February 7, 2002No. CC 109705859A; SC S45905PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLeeson, J.
This is an automatic and direct review of a judgment of conviction and sentence of death. ORS 138.012(1); ORAP 12.10(1). Defendant seeks reversal of his convictions for aggravated murder, murder by abuse, two counts of sexual penetration in the first degree, and one count of abuse of a corpse in the second degree. In the alternative, defendant asks this court to vacate his sentence of death and to remand the case for resentencing. We affirm the judgment of conviction and the sentence of death.
I. FACTS
Because the jury found defendant guilty, we review the evidence in the light most favorable…
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