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A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a ruling that Oregon defendants must be released from jail after seven days if they don’t have a defense attorney. In its decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit ...
The Oregon Public Defense Commission has not taken an official position on the bills, but commission chair Jennifer Nash said all three proposals would impact the public defense system grappling ...
Aug. 24—LA GRANDE — When the commission of the Oregon Public Defense Services met Thursday, Aug. 18, to vote on the fate of director Steve Singer, Jared Boyd, a local attorney, kept tabs on ...
Oregon’s judiciary consists primarily of four different courts: the Oregon Supreme Court, the Oregon Tax Court, the Oregon Court of Appeals, and the Oregon circuit courts. Additionally, the OJD includes the Council on Court Procedures, the Oregon State Bar , Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability, and the Public Defense Services ...
Bivins was appointed a public defender from Oregon's Metropolitan Public Defense who claimed Bivins was unable to assist in his defense and required a mental health evaluation. Bivins claimed he was completely competent and that his counsel was incompetent, but his motion to change counsel was denied. Oregon has an ongoing crisis in public defense.
The Oregon Public Defense Commission said it would need to hire an additional 39 full-time public defenders to provide the representation needed for the estimated new cases under the bill.
Since 1989 the Oregon National Guard Reserve (ORNGR) is known officially as the Oregon Civil Defense Force (ORCDF). [1] [2] The ORCDF is an all-volunteer militia force under the Oregon Military Department that provides reserve personnel to both the Oregon Army National Guard and the Oregon Air National Guard. It is under state jurisdiction and ...
Oregon's chief justice has fired all the members of the Public Defense Services Commission.