State v. Johnson

Defendant was convicted of felony murder, ORS 163.115(l)(b); manufacture of a controlled substance, ORS 475.992; and felon in possession of a firearm, ORS 166.270. After the trial court allowed a police officer to recount the incriminating confession of a nontestifying codefendant, defendant moved for a mistrial. The court denied the motion. On appeal, we hold that the denial was error. We also conclude that the controlled substance charge and the felony murder charge were not “connected together or constituting parts of a common scheme or plan” for the purposes of joinder under ORS…