Defense Strategy for Measure 11 Charges

Defense Strategy for Measure 11 Charges

The Big Picture Oregon’s mandatory-minimum Measure 11 was meant to be iron-clad, yet the state’s own data paint a different reality: Only 29 percent of defendants indicted from 2013-2018 were ultimately convicted of the top Measure 11 charge. Nearly one in...
You’ve Received a Traffic or Parking Ticket, Now What?

You’ve Received a Traffic or Parking Ticket, Now What?

Sure, you could ask the “Facebook Lawyers” how to fight a speeding ticket or how to fight a parking ticket in Oregon, and you will get all kinds of stories. People will tell you what they think the law is and what you can and can’t do about tickets....
New Laws for Portland and Oregon in 2021

New Laws for Portland and Oregon in 2021

(source: KGW News) TLDR; Cigarette and Tobacco tax increaseDriver licenses without Proof of Legal PresenceFacial recognition ban (Portland only)Decriminalization of low-level drug possession (Feb 1)Minimum wage increase (July 1) Cigarette, tobacco tax increase There...