Case Name: STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. MICKEY DEAN THOMPSON, Appellant
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1992-12-09
Citations: 117 Or. App. 168
Docket Number: 89-08-0282 CR; CA A70456
Parties: STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. MICKEY DEAN THOMPSON, Appellant.
Judges: Before Buttler, Presiding Judge, and Rossman and De Muniz, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 117
Pages: 168–169

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted April 1,
reversed December 9, 1992
STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. MICKEY DEAN THOMPSON, Appellant.
(89-08-0282 CR; CA A70456)
843 P2d 960
Mike Kilpatrick, Mt. Vernon, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Kilpatricks, Mt. Vernon.
Janie M. Bureart, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Charles S. Crookham, Attorney General, and Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General, Salem.
Before Buttler, Presiding Judge, and Rossman and De Muniz, Judges.
PER CURIAM
Rossman, J., dissenting.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Defendant appeals from his conviction for theft in the first degree. ORS 164.055. We reverse.
Defendant was found guilty in a jury trial. Before sentencing, he learned that the grand jury that indicted him had only six members and moved to quash the indictment. The court denied the motion.
Seven grand jurors must hear and consider all the evidence presented before a grand jury can return a valid indictment. Or Const, Art VII (amended), § 5(2); Goodwin v. State of Oregon, 116 Or App 279, 840 P2d 1372 (1992). Here, only six grand jurors considered the evidence and returned the indictment against defendant. The indictment is void.
Reversed.