Oregon V. Pratt

This criminal case is before this court on automatic and direct review of a judgment of conviction and sentence of death for two counts of aggravated murder. It is the second time that the case has been before us. This court previously reversed defendant's initial conviction and sentence of death and remanded for a new trial. State v. Pratt, 309 Or 205, 785 P2d 350 (1990). On retrial, defendant again was convicted on two counts of aggravated murder and sentenced to death. On this second appeal, defendant assigns a total of 20 errors that allegedly occurred during the guilt and penalty phases of the trial. Defendant and the state also have briefed and argued a question of whether the indictment in this case was properly handed down, where fewer than seven grand jurors considered the case and handed down the indictment. We affirm the judgment of conviction and the sentence of death.