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STATE v. CORNELL

TC 85-1107, TC 85-1106; CA A38557, CA A39036; SC S33887.

741 P.2d 501 (1987)

304 Or. 27

STATE of Oregon, Petitioner On Review, v. DONALD EDWARD CORNELL, Respondent On Review. State of Oregon, Petitioner On Review, v. Mark Allen Pinnell, Respondent On Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided August 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Denney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause and filed the petition on behalf of the petitioner on review. With him on the petition were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Stephen J. Williams, Salem, argued the cause on behalf of the respondents on review.

Before PETERSON, C.J., and LENT, CAMPBELL, CARSON, JONES and GILLETTE, JJ.

GILLETTE, Justice.

In these two criminal cases, consolidated for the purposes of appeal, defendants each were charged with one count of aggravated murder, ORS 163.095(1)(e), and two counts of felony murder, ORS 163.115(1)(b), all the charges arising out of the death of the same victim. The section of the aggravated murder statute under which they were charged elevates murder to aggravated murder when the murder is committed "in the course of or as a result of intentional...

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