STATE v. DAVIS

CC 96051015; CA A106019; SC S49523.

77 P.3d 1111 (2003)

336 Or. 19

STATE of Oregon, Respondent on Review, v. Cornelius Key DAVIS, Petitioner on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided October 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andy Simrin, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner on review. On the petition for review were Ingrid A. MacFarlane, Deputy Public Defender, and David E. Groom, Acting Executive Director.

Kaye E. McDonald, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review. With her on the briefs were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General.

Before CARSON, Chief Justice, and GILLETTE, DURHAM, RIGGS, De MUNIZ, and BALMER, Justices.


DURHAM, J.

In this criminal case, defendant challenges his conviction for murder, ORS 163.115. He contends that the trial court erred in excluding certain statements that the victim made more than two months before her death. According to defendant, the statements supported his factual theory that the victim had committed suicide.1 The trial court determined that the statements were not relevant...

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