STATE v. OATNEY

(CC 18CR70058) (SC S068761).

508 P.3d 482 (2022)

369 Or. 555

STATE of Oregon, Appellant, v. Billy Lee OATNEY, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

April 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy A. Sylwester, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant. Also on the briefs were Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, and Benjamin Gutman, Solicitor General.

Richard L. Wolf, Richard L. Wolf PC, Portland, argued the cause and filed the briefs for respondent.

Before Walters, Chief Justice, and Balmer, Flynn, Nelson, and Garrett, Justices, and Linder and Landau, Senior Judges, Justices pro tempore.


Defendant was convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to death. State v. Oatney, 335 Or. 276, 66 P.3d 475 (2003), cert. den., 540 U.S. 1151, 124 S.Ct. 1148, 157 L.Ed.2d 1045 (2004) (Oatney I). During its initial investigation of the murder, the...

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