STATE v. WILLIAMS

Nos. (CC 15CR58698) (CA A163895) (SC S066872).

466 P.3d 55 (2020)

366 Or. 495

STATE of Oregon, Respondent on Review, v. Olan Jermaine WILLIAMS, Petitioner on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon. En Banc.

June 4, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc D. Brown , Chief Deputy Defender, Salem, filed the petition for petitioner on review. Also on the petition was Ernest G. Lannet , Chief Defender.

Timothy A. Sylwester , Assistant Attorney General, Salem, filed a response to the petition for review. Also on the response were Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, and Benjamin Gutman , Solicitor General.


In Ramos v. Louisiana, 590 U.S. ___, 140 S.Ct. 1390, 1395, 206 L. Ed. 2d 583 (2020), the United States Supreme Court held that, contrary to longstanding practice in Oregon, the United States Constitution requires that "[a] jury must reach a unanimous verdict in order to convict." Many Oregon convictions based on nonunanimous verdicts...

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