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Facing Driving-While-Suspended Charge in Oregon? DMV Has Thousands of Inaccurate Records, So You May Actually Be Innocent. But Other Innocent Drivers Already Sent to Prison
Article • March 22, 2023
Filed under: Public Records, Traffic stop, False Statements, Testimony or Documents
Facing Driving-While-Suspended Charge in Oregon? DMV Has Thousands of Inaccurate Records, So You May Actually Be Innocent. But Other Innocent Drivers Already Sent to Prison by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Oregon law enforcement stopped Nicholas Chappelle on January 30, 2022, for expired tags. When the officer ran …
Governor of Oregon Leaves Legacy of Reformation While Leaving Office
Article • February 15, 2023 • from CLN March, 2023
Filed under: Criminal justice system reform
Governor of Oregon Leaves Legacy of Reformation While Leaving Office by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Criminal justice reform proactivist Governor Kate Brown (D) has granted over 1,100 clemencies during her two terms in office, more than the 50 previous governors before her combined. In response to the COVID-19 …
Oregon Supreme Court: Federal Law Prohibits Elected DA’s Delegation of Wiretap Authority and Overbroad Initial Search Warrant Requires Suppression of Evidence Obtained as Result of Over 20 Subsequent ...
Article • February 15, 2023 • from CLN March, 2023
Filed under: Warrantless Searches, Suppression, Wiretaps/Wiretap Evidence
Oregon Supreme Court: Federal Law Prohibits Elected DA’s Delegation of Wiretap Authority and Overbroad Initial Search Warrant Requires Suppression of Evidence Obtained as Result of Over 20 Subsequent Warrants by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Supreme Court of Oregon unanimously upheld a lower court’s suppression of the State’s wiretap …
Hundreds Convicted by Split Juries Will Have New Trials After Oregon Supreme Court Decision
Article • January 12, 2023
Filed under: Jury Instructions, New Trial Motions
Hundreds Convicted by Split Juries Will Have New Trials After Oregon Supreme Court Decision by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 30, 2022, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that hundreds of prisoners who were convicted by non-unanimous juries have a right to a new trial. The rulings …
News in Brief
Article • December 15, 2022 • from CLN January, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: A police officer in Scottsdale was arrested on Nov. 4, 2022, after allegedly causing a car crash while intoxicated. AZFamily reported that officer Michael Lanouar, a police detective, was taken into custody on suspicion that he had been driving a city-leased car while under the …
Oregon Supreme Court: State Sentencing Guidelines Control Repeat Sex Offender Downward Departure Sentences
Article • October 15, 2022 • from CLN November, 2022
Oregon Supreme Court: State Sentencing Guidelines Control Repeat Sex Offender Downward Departure Sentences by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Supreme Court of Oregon unanimously held that upon finding that a life without parole (“LWOP”) sentence is not appropriate under Oregon’s repeat sex offense law, sentence must be imposed under …
News in Brief
Article • July 15, 2022 • from CLN August, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: The Daily News reported that two former police officers from Fullerton and Anaheim were indicted on counts of kidnapping while working illegally as bounty hunters. The former officers were Rodger Corbett, 49, formerly of the Fullerton PD and Kevin Pedersen, 34, formerly of the Anaheim …
Walls v. State of Oregon DOC, OR, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022
Brief • June 30, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Protect (General)
Walls v. State of Oregon DOC, OR, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022 Case 6:22-cv-00943-SI Document 1 Filed 06/30/22 Page 1 of 12 J. Ashlee Albies, OSB No. 051846 Email: ashlee@albiesstark.com Maya Rinta, OSB No. 195058 Email: maya@albiesstark.com Albies & Stark LLC 1 SW Columbia St. Suite 1850 Portland, Oregon 97204 …
Oregon Bans Pre-Conviction Mugshot Public Disclosure
Article • June 15, 2022 • from CLN July, 2022
Filed under: Media, Privacy Act/Rights
Oregon Bans Pre-Conviction Mugshot Public Disclosure by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson Oregon’s new law restricting the publication of booking photos without a criminal conviction went into effect on January 1, 2022.   During the 2021 legislative session, Oregon lawmakers passed House Bill 3273 prohibiting public disclosure of booking photos, commonly …
Oregon Becomes 38th State to Enact Wrongful Conviction Compensation Law
Article • June 15, 2022 • from CLN July, 2022
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Damages - Compensatory
Oregon Becomes 38th State to Enact Wrongful Conviction Compensation Law by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 4, 2022, Oregon lawmakersunanimouslypassedSenateBill1584, commonlyknownastheOregonJusticeforExonereesAct,joining37otherstates,Washington D.C.,andthefederalgovernmentinenactingwrongfulconvictioncompensationlegislation. A total of 35 Democratic and Republican lawmakers ultimately supported the bill that mirrors statutes recently enacted in Idaho, Montana, and Kansas. Under the law, a …
ABA Says Oregon Needs 1,296 More Public Defenders
Article • May 15, 2022 • from CLN June, 2022
Filed under: Public Defenders
ABA Says Oregon Needs 1,296 More Public Defenders by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson Oregon’s 592 contracted public defenders, in a state with more than 4.2 million citizens, amount to just 31% of the attorneys needed to represent the state’s indigent criminal defendants, according to a two-year study by the …
Maney v. State of Oregon, OR, Opinion and Order, Covid-19, 2022
Brief • April 1, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
Maney v. State of Oregon, OR, Opinion and Order, Covid-19, 2022 Case 6:20-cv-00570-SB Document 377 Filed 04/01/22 Page 1 of 54 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON PAUL MANEY; GARY CLIFT; GEORGE NULPH; THERON HALL; DAVID HART; SHERYL LYNN SUBLET, and FELISHIA RAMIREZ, a personal …
Hanna v. Peters, OR, Preliminary Injunction Addendum, Failure to Comply With Mask Policy, 2022
Brief • March 30, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
Hanna v. Peters, OR, Preliminary Injunction Addendum, Failure to Comply With Mask Policy, 2022 Case 2:21-cv-00493-SB Document 95 Filed 03/30/22 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON AARON M. HANNA, Plaintiff, Case No. 2:21-cv-00493-SB PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ADDENDUM V. COLETTE PETERS, TYLER BLEWETT, …
Exe v. Bowser, OR, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022
Brief • March 22, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Protect (General)
Exe v. Bowser, OR, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022 Case 6:22-cv-00451-YY Document 1 Filed 03/22/22 Page 1 of 5 John Burgess, OSB No. 106498 johnburgess@lawofficeofdanielsnyder.com Carl Post, OSB No. 061058 carlpost@lawofficeofdanielsnyder.com LAW OFFICES OF DANIEL SNYDER 1000 S.W. Broadway, Suite 2400 Portland, Oregon 97205 Telephone: (503) 241-3617 Facsimile: (503) 241-2249 …
Oregon Bans Police Lying to Obtain Confessions from Juveniles
Article • March 15, 2022 • from CLN April, 2022
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Confessions and Statements of Defendant
Oregon Bans Police Lying to Obtain Confessions from Juveniles by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On May 24, 2021 the Oregon Legis­lature passed SB 418 banning police from lying to juveniles in order to obtain a confession during interrogations. The bill is part of a number of youth reform measures …
Oregon Supreme Court Announces Abandonment of Per Se Exigency Rule in Automobile Exception and Holds Warrantless Seizure or Search Must Be Based on Actual Exigent Circumstances
Article • February 15, 2022 • from CLN March, 2022
Filed under: Exigent Circumstances, Warrantless Searches, Searches - Automobile
Oregon Supreme Court Announces Abandonment of Per Se Exigency Rule in Automobile Exception and Holds Warrantless Seizure or Search Must Be Based on Actual Exigent Circumstances by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett  The Supreme Court of Oregon affirmed a circuit court order suppressing evidence discovered in a warrantless search conducted …
Stirling v. Hendrix, OR, Expert Report of Michael T. Puerini, Lack of Medical Care, 2022
Brief • February 4, 2022
Filed under: Medical Misconduct
Stirling v. Hendrix, OR, Expert Report of Michael T. Puerini, Lack of Medical Care, 2022 Case 3:21-cv-00974-SB Document 21-1 Filed 02/04/22 Page 1 of 5 Michael T. Puerini, MD, CCHP-A, FACCP Correctional Medicine Expert and Consultant Expert Report of Michael T. Puerini, MD, CCHP-A, FACCP Introduction In September, 2021, I …
Stirling v. Hendrix, OR, Status Report of 02-2022, Lack of Medical Care, 2022
Brief • February 4, 2022
Filed under: Medical Misconduct
Stirling v. Hendrix, OR, Status Report of 02-2022, Lack of Medical Care, 2022 Case 3:21-cv-00974-SB Document 21 Filed 02/04/22 Page 1 of 2 Lisa Hay, OSB #980628 Federal Public Defender 101 S.W. Main Street, Suite 1700 Portland, Oregon 97204 Tel: (503) 326-2123 Fax: (503) 326-5524 lisa_hay@fd.org Attorney for Petitioners IN …
Oregon Bill Makes it More Difficult to Hide Police Misconduct
Article • January 15, 2022 • from CLN February, 2022
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Oregon Bill Makes it More Difficult to Hide Police Misconduct by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On June 7, 2021 the Oregon Legislature passed HB 3355 establishing identification requirements for law enforcement assigned to “crowdmanagement” events in which large crowds of 50 persons or more are managed to prevent the …
Stirling v. Hendrix, OR, FCI Sheridan Inspection, Lack of Medical Care, 2021
Brief • October 8, 2021
Filed under: Prison Conditions
Stirling v. Hendrix, OR, FCI Sheridan Inspection, Lack of Medical Care, 2021 Case 3:20-cv-00712-SB Document 89-1 Filed 10/08/21 Page 1 of 19 INVESTIGATION REPORT CASE: Stirling v. Hendrix Case No. 3:20-cv-00712-SB ATTORNEY: FPD Lisa Hay INVESTIGATOR: William J. Teesdale, Chief Investigator RE: FCI Sheridan Inspection DATED: September 17, 2021 Background …
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