STATE v. JOHNSON

871035653, 880431573; A154905 (Control), A154906.

374 P.3d 998 (2016)

278 Or. App. 344

STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Stressla Lynn JOHNSON, aka Ira Roscoe Sheppard, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided May 18, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erik Blumenthal , Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the opening brief was Peter Gartlan , Chief Defender, Office of Public Defense Services. Stressla Lynn Johnson filed the supplemental brief pro se.

Ryan Kahn , Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, and Anna M. Joyce , Solicitor General.

Aliza B. Kaplan and Janis C. Puracel filed the brief amicus curiae for Oregon Innocence Project.

Before ARMSTRONG, Presiding Judge, and EGAN, Judge, and SHORR, Judge.


In these consolidated cases, defendant appeals a trial court order that denied defendant's motions under ORS 138.690 for DNA testing on the ground that defendant had waived in his 1993 plea agreement his right to seek that relief.1 As explained below, we reverse...

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