Jesse Lee Johnson Death Sentence Upheld

The Oregon Supreme Court opinion in State v Johnson (SC S51313), April 19th, 2007:

“This case is before us on automatic and direct review of defendant’s judgment of conviction and sentence of death. See ORS 138.012 (providing for direct review in the Supreme Court when the jury imposes a death sentence). On review, defendant assigns error to 23 of the trial court’s rulings. For the reasons set out below, we affirm defendant’s conviction and sentence of death.”