Oregon Supreme Court

State v. Monaco

March 12, 2026375 Or. 1

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant’s convictions, holding that his statements during a custodial interrogation were voluntary under the totality of the circumstances and therefore admissible. It also held that Oregon’s felony-murder statute, as interpreted by the court, neither creates an unconstitutional conclusive presumption nor violates due process by dispensing with a separate mental state regarding causation of death.