State v. Copeland

816 Submitted November 12, 2020, affirmed March 22, 2023 STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. KEVIN SCOTT COPELAND, Defendant-Appellant. Josephine County Circuit Court 16CR16934; A169372

527 P3d 771

Defendant appeals judgments of conviction for murder with a firearm, ORS 163.115 and ORS 161.610, and felon in possession of a firearm, ORS 166.270(1). Defendant assigns error to the trial court’s failure to give Uniform Criminal Jury Instruction (UCrJI) 1030, the less-satisfactory-evidence jury instruction. The challenge concerns the state’s accidental pretrial destruction of the mur- der…