Wood v. Baldwin

Petitioner appeals from a judgment denying post-conviction relief. ORS 138.640. Although he raises other arguments, which we reject without elaboration, his principal contention is that his criminal defense attorney’s failure to introduce “exculpatory” written statements by his alleged coperpetrators constituted inadequate assistance of counsel. Petitioner asserts, particularly, that those hearsay statements would have been admissible as statements against penal interest. OEC 804(3)(c). We disagree and consequently affirm.

Petitioner was convicted in the underlying criminal proceeding of…