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State of Oregon v. Gerardo Betancourt
Salem, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving a motor vehicle with a suspended license. Defendant moved to suppress the evidence resulting from the stop, contending that the officer did not have reasonable suspicion to stop his vehicle because the officer had not identified the driver before initiating the stop. The trial court denied the motion, co...
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( 07-19-2025 - OR)

State of Oregon v. Lincoln Smith
Salem, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 7 counts of vehicular manslaughter. Lincoln Smith, age 54, of California was accused for seven charges of second-degree manslaughter, three charges of third-degree assault and reckless driving. The collision occurred on May 18, 2023, when Smith's semitruck veered off the highway near Albany, Oregon, an ...
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( 02-07-2025 - OR)

State of Oregon v. Nicholas Federico
Salem, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with various sex offenses after he had a sexual relationship with J, a 17-year-old student. State v. Federico, 336 Or.App. 489, A180247 (Or. App. Nov 27, 2024)...
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( 11-27-2024 - OR)

State of Oregon v. Mario Alberto Huerta-Contreras
Salem, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle (UUV), ORS 164.135. To commit the crime of UUV, a person must knowingly take, operate, exercise control over or otherwise use another's vehicle, and be aware of and consciously disregard a substantial and unjustifiable risk that they do not have [336 Or.App. 253] t...
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( 11-20-2024 - OR)

State of Arizona v. Richard Darrel Eggers
Salem, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. ORS 166.255 provides, in part, that "it is unlawful for a person to knowingly possess a firearm or ammunition if *** [t]he person has been convicted of a qualifying misdemeanor and, at the time of the offense, the person was *** [a] family or household member of ...
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( 10-24-2024 - OR)

State of Oregon v. John Hatchman Mullin IV
Salem, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with offensive physical contact. This criminal case presents the same issue that we resolved today in State v. Eggers, 372 Or. 789, ___P.3d___ (October 24, 2024), involving whether the misdemeanor crime of harassment that involves subjecting another person to offensive physical contact, ORS 166.065(...
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( 10-24-2024 - OR)

State of Oregon v. Cristal Garcia Martinez
Salem, Oregon unauthorized use of a vehicle criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. Defendant appeals a judgment convicting her of three crimes: unauthorized use of a vehicle, ORS 164.135; second-degree criminal mischief, ORS 164.354; and possession of a burglary tool, ORS 164.235. In a single assignment of error, she seeks the reversal of those convictions, ...
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( 09-18-2024 - OR)

State of Oregon v. Stephen Andrew Araanda
Salem, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree rape. In 2019, defendant was charged with first-degree rape after the victim reported that he had forcibly subjected her to sexual intercourse. The charged conduct took place following a birthday party at which both defendant and the...
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( 05-31-2024 - OR)

State of Oregon v. Antonio Julian Solo
Salem, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, and felon in possession of a firearm. table> State Courthouse - Salem, Oregon...
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( 02-10-2023 - OR)

United States of America v. Phillip Allan Beach
Eugene, OR - Former Cottage Grove Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Stealing Methamphetamine From Evidence Locker Phillip Allan Beach, 49, of Cottage Grove, Orego...
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( 09-08-2019 - OR)

Lauri Morris v. Leland Lawrence and Holman Transportation Services, Inc.
MoreLaw Legal Marketing Services Cost Effective Legal Professional Marketing Services Call: 888-354-4592 Today! Eugene, OR - Lauri Morris sued Leland Lawrence and Holman Transportation Services, Inc. on pe...
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( 09-03-2019 - OR)

United States of America v. Michael James Friesen
Eugene, OR - Prineville Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Transfer and Unlawful Possession of a Machine Gun Michael James Friesen, 33, of Prinev...
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( 08-18-2019 - OR)

United States of America v. Dannie Kay Alston
Eugene, OR - Area Man Sentenced to 110 Months in Federal Prison for Bank Robbery Dannie Kay Alston, 67, was sentenced to 110 months in federal prison and three ...
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( 07-18-2019 - OR)

Sarah Meyer and Gail Wooldridge v. State of Oregon Marion County Courthouse - Salem, Oregon
Plaintiffs, Sarah Meyer and Martin Wooldridge, appeal from a general judgment dismissing their action against defendants Oregon State Lottery (the Lottery), Jill Goldsmith, Larry Niswender, Tessa Sugahara, John Kroger, and Craig Durbin.1 Plaintiffs assert five assignments of error. We reject plaintiffs’ fourth assignment of error without written discussion and write only to address their remaining...
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( 07-05-2018 - OR)

Angela Johnson Musa v. Dr. Carrie Miles and Dr. Joseph Elia
Petitioner seeks judicial review after the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) denied her motion to intervene in an appeal of the City of Eugene’s approval of a development application. LUBA ruled that petitioner had not “appeared” before the city during the proceedings on the application and therefore was not entitled to intervene before LUBA. See ORS 197.830(7)(b) (limiting “[p]ersons who may inter...
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( 07-05-2018 - OR)

Jose H. Lizarraga-Regalado v. Jeff Premo
Petitioner appeals a judgment denying post-conviction relief. He assigns error to the trial court’s dismissal, by way of summary judgment, of his claim based on criminal trial counsel’s failure to challenge the giving of a “natural and probable consequences” uniform jury instruction identical to that which the Oregon Supreme Court later disapproved in State v. Lopez-Minjare...
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( 03-01-2017 - OR)

Jeffrey Dale Tiner v. Jeff Premo
Petitioner was found guilty by a jury of two counts of aggravated murder, one count of intentional murder, and a number of other crimes. He sought post-conviction relief on a variety of claims. The post-conviction court denied relief on all of petitioner’s claims involving the guilt phase of petitioner’s criminal trial but granted relief on his penalty-phase claims and void...
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( 03-01-2017 - OR)

Dante R'Marcus Farmer v. Jeff Premo
In this post-conviction relief case, the state1 appeals from a judgment granting petitioner relief on a number of his claims, and remanding the case for a new trial. The state assigns error to the post-conviction court’s rulings on those claims, arguing that petitioner failed to establish, as a matter of law, that he was entitled to relief on any of them. We conclude that t...
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( 02-23-2017 - OR)

R.L.B. v. Tyler Maudlin
Respondent appeals from the trial court’s entry of a stalking protective order (SPO). He contends that the court erred in issuing the SPO, because the contacts upon which the SPO was based were expressive and none “can be deemed to be an unequivocal threat of imminent physical harm.” We agree that the court erred in issuing the SPO and, therefore, reverse. Under ORS 30....
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( 02-01-2017 - OR)

Patrick Featherstone v. Service Employees International Union Local 503
Plaintiff James Parker (Parker) appeals the trial court’s limited judgment, asserting that the court erred in dismissing his employment discrimination claim against Service Employees International Union Local 503 (SEIU). Parker asserts that the trial court erred in concluding on the record before it that he could not establish that he was an employee of SEIU and, therefore,...
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( 02-01-2017 - OR)

Kurtiss Teegarden v. State of Orgeon
Plaintiff, who is a former employee of the State of Oregon—specifically, Oregon Youth Authority—filed a complaint seeking damages from the state and Sid Thompson, the superintendent of MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility where plaintiff had worked (collectively, OYA).1 After OYA moved for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to ORCP 21 B, the trial court concluded that p...
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( 04-15-2015 - OR)

Tyler Turner v. State of Oregon
Judgment in favor of the State of Oregon and City of Depoe Bay reversed and remanded; otherwise affirmed. As plaintiff was travelling north on State Highway 101 in the City of Depoe Bay, his motorcycle collided with defendant Colip’s automobile, which had entered the highway from the east on a road owned by Lincoln County. Plaintiff was severely injured in the accident and, m...
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( 04-15-2015 - OR)

Martin Allen Johnson v. Jeff Premo
Petitioner seeks reversal of a judgment denying his claims for post-conviction relief relating to his convictions for various sex offenses in Multnomah County. Petitioner’s claims pertain to the alleged inadequate assistance of counsel by his multiple trial attorneys and his appellate counsel, including the alleged waiver of his speedy trial rights without his consent and...
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( 03-18-2015 - OR)

In the Matter of the Marriage of Linda Sue Hostetler nka Linda Sue Miller and Ronald Jay Hostetler
Husband appeals from a dissolution judgment, assigning error to the trial court’s property division and its denial of his request for attorney fees. With respect to the property division, husband argues that the trial court erred by failing to give him one half of the marital asset portion of wife’s retirement accounts and by assigning all of the marital debt to him. We...
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( 02-25-2015 - OR)

Gordon J. Zielinski v. State of Oregon
In this declaratory judgment action, plaintiffs seek to compel the state to construct a railroad crossing on their property according to the terms of a 1906 deed. The trial court granted plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment. Because we agree with the state that plaintiffs’ claim is untimely, we reverse and remand. This case concerns a parcel of real property located...
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( 02-11-2015 - OR)

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