Legal Opinion
State v. Merrell
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided October 11, 2000No. 109706506; CA A101730PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrewer, J.
Defendant appeals from his convictions for two counts of felony murder, based on the underlying crimes of burglary in the first degree and robbery in the first degree. ORS 163.115(b); ORS 164.225; ORS 164.415. Although defendant makes three assignments of error, we write only to consider his contention that the trial court erred in ordering that he remain shackled during trial and in denying his motion for mistrial on that basis. We review those decisions for abuse of discretion, State v. Kessler, 57 Or App 469, 473, 645 P2d 1070 (1982), and affirm.
Defendant was tried as an adult 1 under ORS…
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