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The Oregon Defense Attorney is published six times a year and is included with OCDLA membership. Immigration, forensics, sentencing, jury selection, and juvenile law are just some of the subjects you’ll find covered by thoughtful, caring authors.

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2011

Nov/Dec

The View From Here: Exciting Times

Rob Raschio

 

A Tribute to John Henry Hingson, III

Tony Bornstein

 

Appellate Perspective — Challenging 162.375, Initiating a False Report

Alice Newlin-Cushing

 

Member Perspective — State v. Cloutier: Impairs Ability to Represent Misdemeanor Clients in Plea Negotiations

Jesse Wm. Barton

 

Collateral Consequences — Beyond Padilla: The Duties of Counsel and Others Concerning the Many Consequences of Criminla Convictions

Paul Levy

Sept/Oct

The View From Here: Ten Years Later

Rob Raschio

 

Appellate Perspective: Using Limiting Instructions to Limit Propensity Evidence

Erik Blumenthal

 

Beautiful Words: State v. Robert Helmick

Susan Elizabeth Reese

 

Member Perspective: De Muniz Commission and Prison Policy

Jesse Wm. Barton

 

Board Perspective: Life in the Wild East

John Lamborn

 

Legislative Update: The Facts

Gail Meyer

 

Mental Health: A Reminder from the Court of Appeals

Jim Palmer

July/August

The View From Here: Start Anew, Renewed

Rob Raschio

 

Appellate Perspective — Crime and Contempt: One of These Things Is Not Like the Other

Zack Mazer

 

Beautiful Words — State v. Lonnie Colbray, State v. Mitchell Thomas

Susan Elizabeth Reese

 

Member Perspective — New DUII Diversion Law Eliminates Discrimination Against Military

Jesse Wm. Barton

 

Tips and Tricks: Reading Medical Records — A Primer for Attorneys

Tara M. Godoy

 

Annual Conference — We Couldn’t Do It Without You

 

 

Resources — Pond 2.0

Rankin Johnson, IV

May/June

The View From Here: A Long List of Thank You’s

Rob Raschio

 

Appellate Perspective: Objections to the Introduction of Other Bad Acts Evidence Under OEC 404(3)

Marc D. Brown and Jesse Merrithew

 

Beautiful Words I: State v. Nathan Bennett

Susan Elizabeth Reese

 

Library of Defense Under Construction

 

 

Board Perspective: The Disappering Misdemeanor

Keith B. Rogers

 

Board Elections: Candidate Statements

 

 

Introducing the Nancy Bergeson Ardent Advocate Lecture Series

 

 

Investigation: Alternative Crime Scene Reconstruction

Donald R. Schuessler, M.S.

 

Medical Marijuana: Slouching Towards Oaksterdam

Leland R. Berger

 

Beautiful Words II: State v. Dale Wayne Hill

 

March/April

The View From Here: Thoughts in Ten Bullets

Rob Raschio

 

Member Perspective: A Practical Guide to Handling Servicemember Cases Involving PTSD and TBI

Jesse Wm. Barton

 

The Death Penalty in Oregon

Jeff Ellis

 

Reese’s Pieces: State v. Kathleen Ruth Blankenship

Susan Elizabeth Reese

 

Sex Offenses: Women Charged with Sexual Offenses

Pamela S. Buchanan, Psy.D., and Linda M. Grounds, Ph.D.

 

Understanding Value in the Contextr of Criminal Trials and Restitution

Erik Blumenthal

 

Memory Issues: The Broad Range of Memory Issues in the Courtroom / The Example of Pretrial Publicity

Dr. Daniel Reisberg

 

Beautiful Words: State v. Kevin Dennis Driscoll

Susan Elizabeth Reese

January/February

The View From Here: A New Year’s Resolution For You

Rob Raschio

 

Non-unimous Juries: So What Am I, Chopped Liver?

Jesse Wm. Barton

 

Death Penalty Defense: Defense Initiated Victim Outreach

Laura Rittall and Rita Lapp

 

Appellate Perspective: Keep Your Next Probation Revocation Hearing From Turning Into the Star Chamber

Zachary Lovett Mazer

 

Legislative Update: Preview of 2011 Legislative Session

Gail Meyer

 

 

Member’s Perspective

Mark Cogan

 

Winter Conference Thank Yous

 

 

Beautiful Words: State v. Jermaine Anderson

Susan Elizabeth Reese

 

2010

January/February

The View From Here: Tax Measures Need Our Votes

Cate Wollam

 

Board Perspective: Indigenous Defense

Rob Raschio

 

Lessons from the Winter Conference

Rich Oberdorfer

 

Fundraisers, Budgets, and More

Gail Meyer

 

Appellate Perspective: State v. Machuca

Rebecca Duncan

 

Beautiful Words: State v. Travis MacFarlane

Susan Elizabeth Reese

March/April

The View From Here: Legislative Musings

Cate Wollam

 

Board Perspective: Judging

Marie Desmond

 

Legislative Advocacy: The February 2010 Supplemental Session

Gail Meyer

 

Appellate Perspective: Winning Subjective Probable Cause Arguments After State v. Miller

Ryan T. O’Connor

Reese’s Pieces: State v. Jerry Lee Huddleston

Susan Elizabeth Reese

May/June

The View From Here

Cate Wollam

 

“A Commitment to Excellence” an Excellent Seminar

Tony Bornstein

 

Legislative Advocacy: OCDLA’s New Lobbying Team Springs Into Action

Gail Meyer

 

A New Lobbyist, A New Perspective

Gail Meyer

 

Juvenile Law: Psychological Evaluations in Termination Cases

James A. Palmer

 

Juvenile Law: Suppression of Evidence in Termination of Parental Rights

James A. Palmer

 

Appellate Perspective: State v. Rodgers Kirkeby

Peter Gartland

 

Beautiful Words: State v. Gregory Duane Wescott

Susan Elizabeth Reese

 

Board Perspective: Random Musings of a “CPD”

Eric Johansen

July/August

The View From Here: A Saturday Morning

 

Rob Raschio

 

Sentencing: Effectively Using Article IV Section 22-Based Challenges

Jesse Wm. Barton

 

Immigration Issues: Seeking Funds for Expert Assistance after Padilla v. Kentucky

Paul Levy

 

Juvenile Law: Sex Offender Risk Assessment Tool: Gay Youth Bias

Emily Simon and Noah Barish

 

Beautiful Words: State v. Christopher John DuBois

Susan Elizabeth Reese

September/October

The View From Here: Measure 73 — Red Herring

Rob Raschio

 

Board Perspective: The Next Wave

David McDonald

 

In Memoriam — Paul Beneke: Gentle Heart, Unyielding Advocate

Justin Rosas

 

In Memoriam — A “Pendleton Round-Up” for Dennis

Ralph Smith and Geoff Gokey

 

Appellate Perspective — Constitutional Challenges to Elder Abuse Restraining Orders

Jonah Morningstar

 

Legislative Update — A Citizen Review: Something New

Gail Meyer

 

Non-Unanimous Juries — McDonald Signals the End of Oregon’s Non-Unanimous Jury Rule

Steve Sady

 

Immigration Issues — Another View on Padilla v. Kentucky

Joseph Justin Rollin

 

Beautiful Words: State v. Joel Weddle

Susan Elizabeth Reese

November/December

The View From Here: Membership Matters

Rob Raschio

 

The “Real” Bert Putney

Marie Desmond

 

Appellate Perspective: State v. Partain and the Possibility of a Harsher Sentencing on Remand

Shawn Wiley

 

Legislative Update: Measure 73 — Rundown of the Campaign

Gail Meyer

 

Representing Servicemembers: Making Use of the Veterans Diversion Bill

Jesse Wm. Barton

 

Beautiful Words

Susan Elizabeth Reese

 

 

2009

January/February

The View From Here: OCDLA Comes of Age

Greg Hazarabedian

 

Board Perspective: The Attorney as Juror

Joe Maier

 

Appellate Perspective

Rebecca Duncan

 

Winter Conference: May You Live in Interesting Times

The Honorable Linda Bergman

Trial Practice Tip: Ensuring Federal Review of Wrongful Convictions — The Exhaustion of Remedies Requirement

Tony Bornstein

 

Beautiful Words: State v. Jennifer Maplethorpe

Susan Elizabeth Reese

March/April

The View From Here: Late Winter Musings

Greg Hazarabedian

 

Member Perspective: Who Hit Whom — Models of Intimate Partner Violence

Linda M. Grounds, Ph.D., and Megan McNeal, Psy.D.

Appellate Perspective: State v. Castilleja — Deference to Lower Court Not Required

Ryan O’Connor

 

Board Perspective: Why We’re Lucky

Karen Stenard

 

Beautiful Words: State v. Michael Henthorne

Susan Elizabeth Reese

May/June

The View From Here: Thoughts on Turning 30

Greg Hazarabedian

 

Appellate Perspective: How Email, Cell Phones, and Twitter Can Defeat the Per Se Automobile Exception

Ryan O’Connor

 

Board Perspective: Mental Health Court — A Pleasant Diversion

James von Hippel

 

Beautiful Words: State v. Michael Henthorne

Susan Elizabeth Reese

July/August

The View From Here: Final Reflection

Greg Hazarabedian

Legislative Update

Sine Die!

 

Forensic Corner: Forensic Evaluation of Miranda Rights and Waivers

Larry S. Hart, Ph.D., FAACP, ABPP

 

Appellate Perspective: Excluding Evidence of Prior Bad Acts — Revisiting State v. Johns 25 Years Later

David C. Degner

 

Board Perspective: Survival Tip

Cate Wollam

The Measure 57 Effect

Cate Wollam

 

Measure 57 Update

Cate Wollam

 

Reese’s Pieces: State v. Bradon Michael McGuffy

Susan Elizabeth Reese

September/October

The View From Here: We Have the Ammunition

Cate Wollam

 

Search and Seizure: Can You Hear Me Now? Telephone Warrants and Automobile Searches

Joe Metcalfe

 

Beautiful Words: State v. Steven Ray Poppe

Susan Elizabeth Reese

 

Appellate Perspective: The Right to a 12-Person Jury

Jedidiah Peterson

 

Board Perspective: This Summer I Called My Legislators

Dawn Andrews

 

A Short Play: Twelve Angry Oregonians

Drew Chilton

November/December

The View From Here: A Quick Start

Cate Wollam

 

OCDLA Gala Holiday Dinner: Defending the Defenders

James Sinks

 

Board Perspective: The Realities of House Bill 3508

Erik Bucher

 

Appellate Perspective: DUII Prosecutions: Coercive Warnings Held…Coercive

Peter Gartlan

 

Forensics: Taser Mentality

Ron Martinelli, PhD, BCFT, CLS

 

Beautiful Words: State v. Colleen “Coco” Richardson

Susan Elizabeth Reese