STATE v. ROOK


499 P.2d 830 (1972)

STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. Darrell Dean ROOK, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon, Department 2.

Decided July 27, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Marvin Kuhn, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Gary D. Babcock, Public Defender, Salem.

Doyle L. Schiffman, Dist. Atty., Roseburg, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.

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


LANGTRY, Judge.

In this case defendant was separately charged and convicted of the first degree murder of one Sharon Williams. The evidence was that defendant and a companion, who were fugitives from a jail break, murdered Sharon Williams and her parents in their home in a remote area of Douglas County while committing an armed robbery. Other charges against defendant and his accomplice were in separate indictments. The murders were brutal and the evidence of defendant...

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