STATE v. GOODIN


492 P.2d 287 (1971)

STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. Dennis Melvin GOODIN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon, Department 2.

Decided December 27, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack A. Gardner, Eugene, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Jaqua, Wheatley & Gardner, Eugene.

Thomas H. Denney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., and John W. Osburn, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and FOLEY and FORT, JJ.


FOLEY, Judge.

Defendant, Dennis Melvin Goodin, was convicted by a jury of first degree murder in a trial which lasted over seven weeks. Defendant appeals, assigning 16 errors.

A summary of the complicated facts is required to understand the assignments of error. Defendant and others, including the murder victim, Paul DeGeorge, and two others indicted in the murder, Donnie Ray Gardner and Robert Bullard, were members of a tightly-knit group allegedly formed...

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