State v. Burks

Defendant, who was 15 years old, was remanded to circuit court for trial as an adult, ORS 419.533, and was convicted on three counts of aggravated murder. She appeals and assigns as error the denial of her motion to suppress her confession, the admission of testimony and the sentence. We affirm the conviction but modify the sentence.

The victim, an elderly woman, was killed in her Portland home on June 29, 1988. She died as a result of multiple stab wounds. Her body was not discovered until July 1. On June 29, an ambulance picked up defendant at a residence across the street from the victim’s…