Developments in Oregon criminal defense law
One of the law blogs I enjoy reading, The Appeal, has a new “Explainer” series, where lawyers “help unpack” (AKA “explain”) some of the most complicated issues in the criminal justice system. I never thought harmless error was particularly complicated. Appellate courts sometimes find that trial courts erred, but they don’t care, so they dismiss… Read More
Having recently convinced a client that he was better off serving a short sentence in jail than serving a long period of probation, I started reading up on the issue and came across this interesting article. Apparently, in Philadelphia, 1 in 23 adults is on probation or parole. Violations of those terms can, and often… Read More
How to Read Records One cannot help but imagine the author of this 72 page opus, staring dreamily out the window, quill in hand, before returning to write content such as: N LN MP/MC 811.385 V B = Depriving a motorcycle or moped of a full lane But in all seriousness, it’s a very useful… Read More
When three of defendant’s four appointed attorneys withdrew following threats by defendant, trial court did not err by declining to appoint a fifth attorney. Would it have been better had the court had advise defendant of the risks of self-representation? Maybe. But the Court of Appeals found the trial judge’s warning that defendant’s misconduct toward… Read More
Stumbled across this interesting Wikipedia entry. Read more here