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Court says police cannot be sued over warrant - Oregonian

22 Feb 2012

The court on a 6-3 vote overturned that decision. "The officers' judgment that the scope of the warrant was supported by probable cause may have been mistaken, but it was not 'plainly incompetent," said Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the ...

Slaying suspect appears in court - The Spokesman-Review

22 Feb 2012

Starbuck’s attorney, Derek Reid, asked Superior Court Judge Annette Plese to reduce Starbuck ... Plese noted that the National Crime Information Center listed an arrest in Oregon, but she made no other mention of that case.

Oregon Jury Awards $25M In Smoker’s Death - Insurance Journal

21 Feb 2012

In 2002, another Multnomah County jury in Portland awarded the family $150 million, later reduced by the trial judge ... crime victims’ compensation program, and 40 percent to Schwarz’s estate. In December, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled ...

Ex-SanDisk Official, Expert Networker Tied to U.S. Insider Probe - Businessweek

21 Feb 2012

Barnetson revealed his own role in the conspiracy yesterday at a plea hearing in Manhattan federal court. In Portland, Oregon, Kinnucan ... U.S. Magistrate Judge John Acosta set the next hearing for Feb. 22. The probe by the Federal Bureau ...

As Veteran-Related Crime Statistics Increase - Defense Attorneys Will Have a New Tool Available - YAHOO!

21 Feb 2012

The National Veterans Foundation, a Los Angeles based non-profit, 501- c (3) human service organization, has underwritten the creation of a much-needed tool for attorneys who defend veterans locked into the criminal justice system. Whatever it's been ...

Legislature considers wider authority for tribal courts - Seattle Times

20 Feb 2012

States such as Nebraska and Oregon have unraveled parts of ... but in my case I didn't get due justice from the tribal court," Yearout said. The federal law mandated civil and criminal jurisdiction over tribes in six states and authorized ...