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BRYANT v. THOMPSON

CC 96C12828; SC S43560.

922 P.2d 1219 (1996)

324 Or. 141

Reverend F. Wayne BRYANT, Reverend Jon B. Buffington, Reverend Gary Davis, Reverend John Dennis, Reverend Charles F. Falconer, Reverend Dr. Myron M. Hall, Ellen C. Lowe, Reverend Dr. Mark Reid, Rabbi Emanuel Rose, Reverend Elwin Schwab, Reverend Dr. Marilyn Sewell, Elder Murray J. Smith, Reverend Kenneth D. Steiner, and Reverend Paul R. Swanson, Appellants, v. S. Frank THOMPSON, Superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary, and State of Oregon, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided September 5, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Hinkle, Portland, in behalf of the ACLU Foundation of Oregon, Inc., and Stephen Kanter, Portland, in behalf of Lewis & Clark Legal Clinic and the ACLU Foundation of Oregon, Inc., argued the cause and filed the brief for appellants.

Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Theodore R. Kulongoski, Attorney General, and Rives Kistler, Robert B. Rocklin, and Janet A. Metcalf, Assistant Attorneys General.

Before CARSON, Chief Justice, GILLETTE, VAN HOOMISSEN, FADELEY, GRABER and DURHAM, JJ., and De MUNIZ, J. pro tempore.

CARSON, Chief Justice.

On March 21, 1996, this court issued an opinion affirming Douglas Franklin Wright's convictions on eight counts of aggravated murder and affirming the sentence of death imposed upon him. State v. Wright, 323 Or. 8, 913 P.2d 321 (1996). After the period for reconsideration of that decision had passed without the filing of a petition...

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