Oregon Supreme Court, 1963

State v. Jones

State v. Jones
Oregon Supreme Court · Decided October 17, 1963 · Goodwin, Lusk, McAllister, Rossman, Sloan
235 Or. 538; 385 P.2d 759; 1963 Ore. LEXIS 367

State v. Jones

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The defendant was convicted of second-degree murder and appeals.

The only question in the case is whether the trial *539court committed reversible error when it instructed the jury that there was a conclusive presumption of an intent to kill from the deliberate use of a deadly weapon. It did. State v. Elliott, 234 Or 522, 383 P2d 382 (1963); State of Oregon v. Nodine, 198 Or 679, 695, 259 P2d 1056 (1953).

Reversed and remanded.

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