State v. Kyger

548 Argued and submitted April 25, 2019, affirmed July 22, 2020 STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. SCOTT WILLIAM KYGER, Defendant-Appellant. Clackamas County Circuit Court 17CR08793; A165404

471 P3d 764

For attacking two men with a razor blade, the state charged defendant with, among other things, two counts of attempted aggravated murder. At defendant’s bench trial, the state’s theory on the attempted aggravated murder counts was that, in each instance, defendant had taken a substantial step toward killing the victim under circumstances in which (had defendant succeeded) there would…