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STATE v. LERCH

No. C 81-09-34281; CA A24731; SC 29862.

677 P.2d 678 (1984)

296 Or. 377

STATE of Oregon, Respondent On Review, v. Larry Lee LERCH, Petitioner On Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided February 8, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Houze, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner on review. With him on the petition for review was Birkland, Koch & Houze, Portland.

Robert E. Barton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and William F. Gary, Sol. Gen., Salem.

CAMPBELL, Justice.

The defendant was indicted and convicted of the murder of Michael Hanset. He appealed his conviction to the Court of Appeals setting out numerous assignments of error. The Court of Appeals affirmed. State v. Lerch, 63 Or.App. 707, 666 P.2d 840 (1983).

The only evidence of the corpus delicti, independent of the defendant's confession, was circumstantial. Our primary...

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