Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number 153,255; CA A39830 Attorney(S) George Eder, Salem, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Swaim, Betterton and Eder, Salem. David Kramer, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, Virginia Linder, Solicitor General, and Scott McAlister, Assistant Attorney General, Salem. See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. STEVEN MICHAEL PERKINS, Appellant, v. KEENEY, Respondent. PER CURIAM Reversed and remanded. PER CURIAM Petitioner seeks review of a trial court judgment dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief. He contends that the post-conviction court erred in determining that he had not been denied effective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel in the underlying case failed to object to the trial court's instruction regarding lesser included offenses. The trial court instructed the jury: "Now if you find that the defendant is not guilty of Murder under either theory, you should consider whether the defendant is guilty of Manslaughter in the First Degree. "* * * * * "Now, in respect to that charge, if you reach that point, that is if you find defendant not guilty of Murder, why, then you move to Manslaughter in the First Degree." That instruction required the jury to find petitioner not guilty of the greater offense before considering the lesser-included offense. That was error. State v. Ogden, 35 Or. App. 91, 580 P.2d 1049 (1978). The rule of law stated in Ogden was announced three years before petitioner's trial. Therefore, petitioner's counsel's failure to object to the instruction amounted to ineffective assistance of counsel. Peaslee v. Keeney, 81 Or. App. 488, 492, 726 P.2d 398 (1986), rev den 302 Or. 571 (1987); see also State v. Allen, 301 Or. 35, 38, 715 P.2d 94 (1986). Reversed and remanded.