STATE v. SIMONSEN

(CC 88CR-1816; SC S43487)

986 P.2d 566 (1999)

329 Or. 288

The STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. David Lynn SIMONSEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided August 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Graser, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief and additional authorities for appellant.

Robert B. Rocklin, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General, and Holly A. Vance, Assistant Attorney General.

Before CARSON, Chief Justice, and GILLETTE, VAN HOOMISSEN, DURHAM, and LEESON, Justices.


CARSON, C.J.

This criminal case is before us on automatic review of defendant's conviction for aggravated murder and a sentence of death. Defendant assigns error to the trial court's refusal to allow him to withdraw his guilty pleas and also challenges the death sentence that the court entered in his third sentencing-phase proceeding. We affirm the judgment of conviction and the sentence of death.

I. FACTS

On September 3, 1988, the bodies of two...

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