State v. Greenwood

548 P.3d 831, 332 Or. App. 166
CourtCourt of Appeals of Oregon
DecidedApril 24, 2024
DocketA177025
StatusPublished
Cited by2 cases

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Bluebook
State v. Greenwood, 548 P.3d 831, 332 Or. App. 166 (Or. Ct. App. 2024).

Opinion

166 April 24, 2024 No. 259

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF OREGON

STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. SHAWN QUENTIN GREENWOOD, Defendant-Appellant. Baker County Circuit Court 20CR02558; A177025

Matthew B. Shirtcliff, Judge. Argued and submitted June 5, 2023. Emily P. Seltzer, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant. Also on the briefs was Ernest G. Lannet, Chief Defender, Criminal Appellate Section, Office of Public Defense Services. Timothy A. Sylwester, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent. Also on the brief were Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, and Benjamin Gutman, Solicitor General. Before Shorr, Presiding Judge, and Mooney, Judge, and Pagán, Judge. MOONEY, J. Reversed and remanded for entry of judgment of dis- missal on Counts 7 and 8 and for further proceedings. Cite as 332 Or App 166 (2024) 167 168 State v. Greenwood

MOONEY, J. Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for criminally negligent homicide, ORS 163.145, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, ORS 811.540, and first- degree burglary, ORS 164.225, entered after conditional no-contest pleas. He assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his pretrial motion to dismiss, arguing that “an irrebutta- ble and conclusive presumption of prejudice” arose when the state violated his state and federal constitutional right to counsel by “intrud[ing] upon [his] attorney-client privilege,” when the lead detective listened to recordings of defendant’s phone conversations with his attorney. Alternatively, defen- dant argues that the state bore the burden to show that the purposeful intrusion did not prejudice him and that the state failed to meet that burden. Defendant emphasizes that the calls “contained discussion of trial strategy,” that the intrusion was intentional, and that the detective who com- mitted the intrusion had been “involved in every aspect of a lengthy and wide-ranging criminal investigation, and * * * worked closely with other officers and with the prosecutor.” Defendant contends that because the lead detective’s role was “central” and her conduct “egregious and intentional,” the state’s case was “irreparably tainted” and dismissal was required. We conclude that the state violated defendant’s con- stitutional right to counsel when the lead detective inten- tionally listened to several recorded phone conversations between defendant and his attorney, which included priv- ileged communications between them about trial strategy. We conclude, further, that a rebuttable presumption of prej- udice arose once defendant made a prima facie showing that the violation occurred, that it was intentional, and that it resulted in the disclosure of defense trial strategy. The bur- den then shifted to the state to show, by clear and convincing evidence, that defendant was not prejudiced by the violation. As we will explain, the state did not meet its burden to rebut the presumption of prejudice as to those charges that were added after the violation occurred (Counts 7 and 8). We, thus, conclude that the trial court erred when it declined to dismiss those two counts. But, as we will also explain, Cite as 332 Or App 166 (2024) 169

the state did not have the opportunity to develop a factual record addressing the correct legal question with respect to the charges on which defendant had already been indicted before the violation occurred. Our disposition is intended to allow the state that opportunity should defendant opt to withdraw his plea. We reverse and remand the judgment for the trial court to: 1. Enter a judgment of dismissal on Counts 7 and 8; 2. Allow defendant an opportunity to withdraw his plea pursuant to ORS 135.335(3); and 3. If defendant does withdraw his plea, afford the state an opportunity to prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that defendant was not prejudiced by the state’s violation of defendant’s constitutional right to counsel with respect to Counts 1 through 6. I. THE FACTS A. The Shooting and the Arrest The pertinent facts are not disputed. On January 13, 2020, law enforcement officers responded to reports of a shooting at the Baker Land Management building. Officers discovered two victims—a man with a gunshot wound to his hand and a deceased woman. Defendant was arrested that same day, lodged at the Baker County Jail (the jail), and charged by district attorney’s information with two counts of second-degree assault. The information was amended the next day to add a count of second-degree murder. B. The Indictments Defendant was charged by indictment dated January 23, 2020, with two counts of second-degree assault, one count of second-degree murder, and one count of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer. The indictment was amended on March 19, 2020, to add one count of solicitation to commit murder. In April 2020, the court extended the grand jury’s term to allow the state more time “to examine other potential charges relating to this case.” On September 9, 2020, the second amended indictment was filed adding a count of first-degree assault. The indictment was amended 170 State v. Greenwood

again on October 21, 2020, to add one count of first-degree murder, and again, on February 10, 2021, to add one count of first-degree burglary. The lead detective who listened to the recorded jail calls testified before the grand jury before each indictment was issued. C. The Jail’s Telmate System The Baker County Sheriff’s Office (the sheriff’s office) operates a software system known as Telmate that enables it to monitor and record telephone calls placed by inmates. Lieutenant Duby of the Baker City Police Department had direct access to Telmate through a password-protected account that the sheriff’s office assigned to him. Duby shared his access credentials with Detectives Regan and Sells, who were responsible for listening to jailhouse calls and preparing reports for Duby’s review. Jail staff have the ability to block designated phone numbers from Telmate’s recording function. Attorney phone numbers are generally blocked to ensure that conversations between inmates and their attorneys are not monitored or recorded. For unknown reasons, the phone number for defendant’s attorney had never been properly entered into the system as a blocked number. Defendant called his attor- ney several times using that unblocked number. D. The Recorded Calls In November 2020, defendant asked his attorney to determine whether any calls that took place between the two of them while he was lodged at the jail had been recorded. Corporal D. Lefever confirmed that five such calls had, in fact, been recorded. Lefever made two copies of the recorded calls, and one CD was turned over to defense counsel and the other to Sheriff Ash. Ash testified that although he intended to deliver his copy to the prosecutor’s office, he did not do so. He held that copy in his desk, where it remained for approximately eight months. Based on conversations with Telmate, the sher- iff’s office initially reported that the recorded calls had not been listened to or otherwise accessed. But by June 2021, Corporal M. Lefever confirmed that several of the calls Cite as 332 Or App 166 (2024) 171

between defendant and his attorney had been accessed through Duby’s Telmate credentials on September 14, 2020.

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