State v. Hockings

Defendant was convicted of four counts of murder. ORS 163.115. He appeals contending that the trial court erred: (1) in admitting evidence of a prior criminal trespass; ① (2) in refusing to dismiss the indictment on the grounds that the state intentionally destroyed fingerprint evidence found at the scene of the crime; (3) in denying defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal; and (4) in instructing on felony murder.

We first consider the alleged error in admitting evidence of defendant’s prior crime. At trial it was the state’s theory that defendant was burglarizing the victims’ home and…