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State v. Gorham

Oregon Court of Appeals
Dec 14, 1993
859 P.2d 1201 (Or. Ct. App. 1993)

Opinion

91-40636; CA A74086

On appellant's petition for reconsideration filed July 16, reconsideration allowed; opinion ( 121 Or. App. 347, 854 P.2d 971) modified and adhered to as modified October 6, petition for review denied December 14, 1993 ( 318 Or. 171)

Appeal from District Court, Lane County.

Darryl L. Larson, Judge.

Steve P. Chez and Chez Carp, Eugene, for petition.

Before Rossman, Presiding Judge, and Edmonds and De Muniz, Judges.


De MUNIZ, J.

Reconsideration allowed; opinion modified and adhered to as modified.


Defendant petitions for review of our opinion, 121 Or. App. 347, 854 P.2d 971 (1993), in which we affirmed his conviction for unlawfully taking a deer. ORS 496.162; ORS 496.992. We treat the petition as one for reconsideration, ORAP 9.15, allow it, modify our opinion and adhere to it as modified.

Defendant and Midlam were charged with various game offenses arising out of a single incident. Midlam, who was tried first, subpoenaed defendant to testify. In our opinion, we noted that the same lawyer had represented both defendants, and that it was defendant's own lawyer who subpoenaed defendant and elicited incriminating testimony from him at Midlam's trial. In his petition, defendant correctly observes that there is nothing in the record to support that assertion. Accordingly, we delete any reference to joint representation in our previous opinion.

We relied on assertions contained in the state's supplemental statement of facts:

"Both [defendant and Midlam] were represented by the same attorney, who continues to represent defendant on appeal * * *. Pursuant to a subpoena, issued by defense counsel, defendant testified at Midlam's trial that he, defendant, shot the deer."

The state has not responded to defendant's petition and its brief did not cite any portion of the record in support of its assertions. In the light of defendant's petition, we have reexamined the record and are unable to ascertain the basis for the assertions in the state's supplemental statement of facts.

Nonetheless, we still find the court's reasoning in State v. Hennessey, 195 Or. 355, 245 P.2d 875 (1952), to be persuasive. Defendant was not immune from prosecution. The trial court correctly denied his motion to dismiss.

Reconsideration allowed; opinion modified and adhered to as modified.


Summaries of

State v. Gorham

Oregon Court of Appeals
Dec 14, 1993
859 P.2d 1201 (Or. Ct. App. 1993)
Case details for

State v. Gorham

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. STEVEN MARTIN GORHAM, Appellant

Court:Oregon Court of Appeals

Date published: Dec 14, 1993

Citations

859 P.2d 1201 (Or. Ct. App. 1993)
859 P.2d 1201

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