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State v. Simonsen

Citations

  • 986 P.2d 566
  • 329 Or. 288
  • 1999 Ore. LEXIS 559

How courts have described this case

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  • demonstrating that, although Supreme Court may proceed on basis of law of case as established below, it considers itself bound to do so only by former decisions of Supreme Court made in same case and on same set of facts
  • this court will reverse when “the effect of the prosecutor’s [actions] is to deny a defendant a fair trial”
  • trial court ruling represents an \abuse of discretion\ only when it \exceeds the bounds of reason\ or is \clearly against reason and evidence\
  • the trial court had a superior vantage point to observe the demeanor and candor of prospective jurors

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Judges: Carson, Gillette, Van Hoomissen, Durham, Leeson

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