STATE v. NEFSTAD

A161053.

456 P.3d 294 (2019)

301 Or. App. 185

STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Stephen Leroy NEFSTAD, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

December 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lindsey Burrows , Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant. Also on the brief was Ernest G. Lannet , Chief Defender, Criminal Appellate Section, Office of Public Defense Services. Lindsey Burrows and O'Connor Weber LLC filed the reply brief.

Leigh A. Salmon , Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent. Also on the brief were Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, and Benjamin Gutman , Solicitor General.

Before Ortega, Presiding Judge, and Powers, Judge, and Mooney, Judge.


Defendant was found guilty of aggravated murder in 1987. At his trial, a criminalist for the state testified, based on chemical tests, that human blood was found on defendant's jacket and boots. The jacket was believed to be the jacket that defendant was wearing when he left a tavern with the victim. Defendant eventually sought and...

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