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Oregon Supreme Court· 10/11/2012

State v. Rogers

Citations

  • 352 Or. 510
  • 288 P.3d 544
  • 2012 WL 5285368
  • 2012 Ore. LEXIS 745

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the trial court violated Article I, section 11, by impaneling an anonymous penalty-phase jury without sufficient justification
  • noting that the jurors were told that the defendant’s attorneys, but not the defendant himself, would have access to their names and other identifying information
  • explaining that “[v]agueness concerns typically arise when a statute contains terms that are so indeterminate or standardless that they leave ques- tions about its application to the ad hoc judgments of judge, jury, or police”
  • stating that a \generalized desire to protect the anonymity of all jurors in all cases\ is inadequate to justify empaneling a numbers jury, and the trial court must make findings of fact about a particular case before referring to a jury by number
  • applying Armatta’s separate-vote analysis to and upholding a proposed amendment to Oregon’s Constitution imposing the death penalty because the changes to multiple areas of the constitution were closely related
  • applying Armatta’s separate-vote analysis to and upholding a proposed amendment to Oregon’s Constitution imposing the death penalty because the changes to multiple areas of the constitution were closely related

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Judges: De Muniz, Durham, Walters, Haselton, Brewer

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