State v. Jackson

705 Argued and submitted November 17, 2020, order of circuit court affirmed November 17, 2021 STATE OF OREGON, Appellant, v. HOMER LEE JACKSON III, aka Homer Jackson, aka Homer Lee Jackson, Respondent. (CC 15CR46257) (SC S067622)

498 P3d 788

Defendant was charged with the murder of four victims. DNA consistent with defendant’s was found at the scene of each crime. Before trial, the state moved to cross-admit the crime scene evidence, arguing that the evidence from all four crime scenes, including the DNA evidence, was relevant to each of the four charged crimes under the doctrine of chances.…