State v. Vasquez-Santiago

90 Argued and submitted March 9, 2017; resubmitted en banc October 16, 2018; reversed and remanded December 4, 2019 STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ELOY VASQUEZ-SANTIAGO, Defendant-Appellant. Washington County Circuit Court C122203CR; A159499

456 P3d 270

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for murder, arguing that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of confessions he made during two separate police interrogations. In those interrogations, the police communicated to defen- dant—who is an illiterate, immigrant man with significantly subaverage intel- lectual…