The state’s appellate court on Wednesday, Aug. 20, reversed the conviction of a Eugene man sentenced to life in prison after a shooting death near the University of Oregon campus.
A jury in September 2023 convicted Elijah Pruitt, now 22, of second-degree murder, along with other charges, in the death of 19-year-old Fernando Giffen-Vallejo.
The Oregon Court of Appeals remanded the case back to Lane County Circuit Court for a new trial, with Pruitt remaining in prison…