Legal Opinion
State v. Stevens
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided August 18, 1994No. CC 88-02-0368; SC S39427PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*575CARSON, C. J.
This is an automatic and direct review of a sentence of death based upon a conviction of aggravated murder. ORS ORS 163.150(g).1 Defendant requests that this court vacate his death sentence. We vacate the sentence of death and remand to the circuit court for further proceedings.
In November 1988, a jury convicted defendant of three counts of aggravated murder following the February 1988 death of Nichole Edwards.2 Defendant was sentenced to death.
On the first direct review, this court affirmed defendant’s three convictions of aggravated murder, but vacated defendant’s death…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Portland General Electric Co. v. Bureau of Labor & IndustriesOregon Supreme Court · 1993
- Skipper v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by41 opinions
- State v. HarrisSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2004
- State v. HaleOhio Supreme Court · 2008
- State v. RogersOregon Supreme Court · 2000
- State v. GuzekOregon Supreme Court · 1995
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2005
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