Man sentenced in fatal light rail stabbings plans to appeal
December 14, 2020 GMT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A man sentenced to life in prison for killing two men and injuring another during a racist rant on a crowded Portland light-rail train is appealing his conviction.
Court records show Christian filed a notice of appeal on Dec. 2, and then requested transcripts of over 40 hearings from the case, KOIN-TV reported. The state has appointed Christian a lawyer.
In February. a jury unanimously convicted Christian on all 12 counts. Multnomah County Circuit Judge Cheryl Albrecht sentenced the 38-year-old in June to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for the murders of Taliesin Namkai-Meche, 23, and Ricky Best, 53.
Jeremy Christian appeals his conviction for double murders on a Portland MAX train
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
Posted Dec 14, 2020
Jeremy Christian disrupted statements made by a victim during his sentencing hearing in June 2020. He was removed from the courtroom.Dave Killen/The Oregonian
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Convicted double murderer Jeremy Christian, who is now serving a “true life” sentence at an eastern Oregon prison, has appealed his case to the state Court of Appeals.
Christian gave notice to Multnomah County Circuit Court Dec. 2, more than five months after he was sentenced for the May 2017 first-degree murders and a hate-fueled crime spree.
No court documents have been filed yet that outline the grounds for Christian’s appeal or even whether Christian is simply appealing his conviction, his life sentence or both.
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Jeremy Christian Appeals His Conviction for 2017 MAX Train Murders In June, a judge sentenced Christian to life in prison without possibility of parole. The sentencing hearing of Jeremy Christian, convicted of killing two men on a MAX train, was disrupted during a victim impact statement by Demetria Hester, who Christian had assailed in an earlier encounter. Christian was removed from the courtroom by deputies. June 23, 2020. (Dave Killen, The Oregonian pool photography) Updated December 13, 2020 Jeremy Joseph Christian, who was convicted of murdering two men on a rush-hour MAX train in 2017, filed an appeal of his conviction in early December, court records show.