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Justice Bedsworth, Homeland Security, and the Peter Principle Collapse in a Heap of Ice Chips
…Justice Bedsworth’s forked tongue (and the Peter Principle)? “Weaponized Snow Cones,” by Justice William W. Bedsworth, A Criminal Waste of Space, February 2012: “I am not cut out to be…
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Jurors: Pay Attention to the Judge’s Instructions, or Land in Jail
…has sentenced a juror to six months in prison for contempt of court after she performed research on the Internet and forced the abandonment of a criminal trial. Psychology lecturer…
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Eyewitness Identification in Oregon: A Quiz for Lawyers
You can find at the Library of Defense a “ 2012 Oregon Criminal Law Quiz,” December 19, 2011, by Ryan Scott: “The Oregon Supreme Court has under advisement State…
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Neighbor Law: Please Don’t Attack Your Neighbor
…how to proceed. 4) Important: If there is suspected criminal activity, please call the police. But you may need to do more, much more. You may also need to call…
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Does the Oregon Legislature’s 2011 HB 2712 Strangle Local Courts?
“Editorial: State strangles local courts,” by Jad Lemhouse and Joe Charter Democrat Herald.com, December 7, 2011: When over-hauling criminal procedures in HB 2712, the 2011 Legislature reduced traffic…
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Oregon Law of the (Searched and Seized) Purse
The Oregon Supreme Court has decided State v. Morgan (CA A134236; SC S057279) Excerpt: “This is a criminal case in which defendant was convicted of unlawful possession of heroin,…
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Oregon Supreme Court Defines the Word “Tampers”
…Opinion of the Court by Justice Thomas A. Balmer. Today, the Oregon Supreme Court held that the word “tampers,” as used in the third-degree criminal mischief statute, requires conduct that…
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Legal Self Help: Expungements, DACA, and Gender Marker Changes Legal Assistance and Clinics (Oregon)
…services to people in the Portland metro area: Criminal record and eviction expungements DACA renewals Housing and immigration court navigation Legal name and gender-marker changes…
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Theft of Intangibles, the Duh Factor, and Law Librarians
…maybe I should change my password”) then I may have probed a little bit (we try not to probe too much) and then referred him to consumer or criminal law…