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STATE v. LELAND

190 Or. 598 (1951)

227 P.2d 785

STATE OF OREGON v. LELAND

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Affirmed February 7, 1951.

Petition for rehearing denied February 28, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Ryan argued the cause for appellant. On the brief were Ryan & Pelay and Donald McEwen, of Portland.

John R. Collier, Deputy District Attorney, of Portland, argued the cause for Respondent. With him on the brief were John B. McCourt, District Attorney, and J. Raymond Carskadon, Deputy District Attorney, of Portland.

Before LUSK, Chief Justice, and BRAND, ROSSMAN, HAY, LATOURETTE and WARNER, Justices.

AFFIRMED.

LUSK, J.

The defendant, Morris Leland, was indicted for first degree murder. He entered a plea of not guilty and also gave notice of an intention to prove insanity. Upon the trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty without recommendation of life imprisonment. The death penalty automatically followed, and the defendant has appealed assigning twenty alleged errors.

The circumstances of the crime, as revealed by the defendant's confessions...

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