State v. Reyes-Camarena

This criminal case is before the court on automatic and direct review of defendant’s conviction for aggravated murder and sentence of death. Former ORS 163.150(l)(g), repealed by Or Laws 1999, ch 1055, § l. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of conviction and the sentence of death.

Defendant was employed as a foreman at a farm where the victim worked. Defendant agreed to drive the victim and her sister to a farm in Washington to find work. After defendant, the two women, and a male companion left the farm, defendant robbed and repeatedly stabbed the women, and left them beside…