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STATE v. WOOD

448 P.2d 509 (1968)

STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. Newton J. WOOD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided December 11, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary D. Babcock, Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

Donald H. Turner, Dist. Atty., The Dalles, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

Before McALLISTER, P.J., and SLOAN, O'CONNELL, GOODWIN, DENECKE, HOLMAN, and MENGLER, JJ.

Argued and Submitted at Pendleton October 28, 1968.

HOLMAN, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of rape and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He appeals, assigning error to the court's failure to give a requested statutory instruction.

Much of the state's evidence was provided by accomplices. When an accomplice testifies in a criminal prosecution, two related rules apply to such testimony. The first rule, codified in ORS 136.550, is that...

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