State v. Brooks

This is a criminal case in which defendant was convicted after trial by jury of the murder of a woman named Kitty Coy. He was originally sentenced to death but, after the Supreme Court’s decision in State v. Quinn, 290 Or 383, 623 P2d 630 (1981), he was resentenced to life imprisonment with a 25-year minimum term. He appeals, assigning as error (1) the trial court’s admission of certain “other crimes” evidence, (2) denial of a mistrial concerning such evidence, (3) admission of certain “gruesome” photographs, (4) denial of a mistrial on the basis of a witness’ self-serving claim to have…