Oregon v. Bowen
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In 2002, defendant Gregory Bowen assaulted his ex-girlfriend and, in a different incident the same day, killed a friend and committed theft from that victim. Defendant was charged with two alternative counts of aggravated felony murder and one count of intentional murder, along with 15 other felony and misdemeanor charges. Defendant pled guilty to the several charges that arose from his assault of his ex-girlfriend. The remaining charges, which arose from the murder of the friend, went to a jury trial. The jury found defendant guilty on all those charges. Defendant was ultimately sentenced to death on the two aggravated murder charges. The trial court subsequently imposed a sentence of death on each of the two aggravated murder convictions and also sentenced defendant on the intentional murder conviction, as well as each of the other felony and misdemeanor charges. This case went before the Supreme Court on automatic and direct review for the third time following a remand to the trial court. The principal issue that defendant raised was whether, on remand, the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion for resentencing on his noncapital felony convictions. Finding no reversible error, the Supreme Court affirmed.
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