…trial court erred in not allowing the defendant to introduce evidence that he was “sleep driving.” The Supreme Court ruled that the statute on requirements for criminal liability (ORS 191.095(1))…
…thought, ‘This is crazy. This is not any way to change behavior,’” Alm said, testifying recently before a joint session of the Oregon House and Senate Judiciary committees….…Oregon’s Criminal Justice…
…criminal defendant’s claim that the so-called lesser-included offense statute, ORS 136.465, allows juries to consider violations that are necessarily included in the crime with which a criminal defendant is charged….
Oregon Department of Veteran’s Affairs: Criminal Justice Portal: “The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs is pleased to share this resource page intended for use by the criminal justice system….
…based on content of sign. HB 2584: Prohibits association of owners for, or declarant of, planned community or condominium from making records of association confidential or exempt from disclosure to…
The Multnomah County Auditor has released its public records law report on eliminating barriers to public access. Today’s Oregonian had an editorial about the report, here….
…members but they are also very generous and share with non-members. Their Question of the Month (Dec 06) on public records request is here and their newsletters are here….
…You’ve probably heard about Gutenberg and maybe even HathiTrust, but what about SCRIBD, SCETI, Feedbooks, BASE, Unglueit, and many, many, MANY more, including our intrepid public records warriers, at Public…
PI Buzz links to some intriguing stories about how news / media businesses are forcing open and making public those public records that government agencies have been trying to…
Here is an easy to use, nicely laid out, compilation of state public records databases, from BRB Publications, which has lots of free stuff. It’s not free for them…
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