State v. Taylor

This is a state’s appeal from an order dismissing murder and felony murder charges against defendant on grounds of former jeopardy. We conclude that the trial court was correct in concluding that jeopardy had attached when defendant’s plea of guilty to charges of hindering prosecution was accepted and entered. We therefore affirm.

Defendant was arrested after a shooting in Portland on March 17, 1981. The prosecutor offered defendant a deal whereby murder and felony murder charges would be dismissed and defendant would be allowed to plead guilty to a reduced charge of hindering prosecution if…