Warren v. State of Oregon - Post-Conviction Relief Appeal

Oregon Court of Appeals

Filed February 25th, 2026

Detected March 11th, 2026

Summary

The Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's denial of post-conviction relief for Keoni Henry Warren. The appeal concerned allegations of non-unanimous guilty verdicts, which the appellate court found to be without merit after reviewing the record and relevant case law.

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The Court of Appeals of Oregon issued a non-precedential opinion affirming the denial of post-conviction relief for petitioner Keoni Henry Warren. The petitioner alleged that the guilty verdicts in his underlying case were non-unanimous. The state moved for summary judgment, providing evidence of unanimous verdicts, and the post-conviction court granted the motion after the petitioner and his counsel offered no response.

This decision affirms the lower court's judgment. As the opinion is non-precedential, it may not be cited except as provided by ORAP 10.30(1). The appellate court found no arguably meritorious issues upon review of the record, the Balfour brief, and relevant case law concerning harmless error for jury instructions on non-unanimous verdicts. No specific compliance actions are required for regulated entities as this is a specific case appeal.

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Warren v. State of Oregon

Court of Appeals of Oregon

Citations: 347 Or. App. 479
Docket Number: A185180
Precedential Status: Non-Precedential
Judges: Lagesen
Disposition: Affirmed.
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Affirmed.

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No. 151 February 25, 2026 479

This is a nonprecedential memorandum opinion
pursuant to ORAP 10.30 and may not be cited
except as provided in ORAP 10.30(1).

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE
STATE OF OREGON

KEONI HENRY WARREN,
Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
STATE OF OREGON,
Defendant-Respondent.
Multnomah County Circuit Court
23CV22071; A185180

Eric L. Dahlin, Judge.
Submitted January 9, 2026.
Jason Weber and Equal Justice Law filed the brief for
appellant.
Ryan Kahn, Assistant Attorney General, waived appear-
ance for respondent.
Before Lagesen, Chief Judge, and Egan, Judge.
LAGESEN, C. J.
Affirmed.
480 Warren v. State of Oregon

LAGESEN, C. J.
Petitioner appeals a judgment denying post-
conviction relief. Appointed counsel filed a brief pursuant to
ORAP 5.90 and State v. Balfour, 311 Or 434, 814 P2d 1069
(1991). The brief does not contain a Section B. See ORAP
5.90(1)(b). We affirm.1
Petitioner filed a pro se petition for post-conviction
relief. He alleged that the guilty verdicts in his case had been
nonunanimous. The state filed a motion for summary judg-
ment, attaching evidence that the verdicts were unanimous.
At a hearing, the post-conviction court asked petitioner if he
had a response to that evidence, and neither petitioner nor
his appointed counsel had a response. The post-conviction
court granted the state’s motion for summary judgment and
entered a judgment denying relief on the petition.
Having reviewed the record, including the post-
conviction court file and the transcript of the hearing, and
having reviewed the Balfour brief, we have identified no
arguably meritorious issues. See State v. Flores Ramos, 367
Or 292, 333-34, 478 P3d 515 (2020) (concluding that, as to
unanimous guilty verdicts, the trial court’s instruction to the
jury that it could return nonunanimous guilty verdicts was
harmless beyond a reasonable doubt).
Affirmed.