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PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - On Wednesday, a Multnomah County judge agreed to hold an information hearing next week on whether the jury in a murder trial broke court rules, and if so, whether the ...
A Multnomah County Circuit judge told a man convicted ... an alcohol-detection urine test one weekend in September. Judge David Rees had previously sentenced Jones to what amounted to about ...
The prosecutor urged Multnomah County Circuit Judge David Rees to order 42-year-old Steven Wayne Jones to seven years, arguing that removing him from the streets was the only way to keep the ...
Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge David Rees ruled Wednesday that John Brennan's act was one of protest and therefore, protected speech. Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney Joel Petersen ...
Campaign contribution limits passed by Multnomah County voters are now able to be enforced in local elections, following a ruling issued this week. On Monday, Judge Eric J. Bloch of Multnomah ...
When possession of hard drugs became a crime again in Oregon on Sunday, Multnomah County still had a lot to figure out, especially inside the courtroom. The chief criminal judge for Multnomah ...
Multnomah County Judge Melvin Oden-Orr delayed resentencing hearings after former prosecutors and District Attorney-elect Nathan Vasquez criticized the process, saying crime victims aren't ...
In an Aug. 23 ruling, Multnomah County Circuit Judge Erich Bloch moved campaign finance limits in county races one step closer to reality. In a 16-page ruling, Bloch found that a 2016 ballot ...
“I look at those, and I wonder: what would a judge need to see to believe that person is going to show up in court,” KATU Investigator Wright Gazaway asked Multnomah County Chief Criminal Judg ...
Multnomah County sealed a time capsule into the wall of the Multnomah County Central Courthouse, sending judges and staff 98 years in the future a portrait of Portland in the summer and fall of 2020.
“I want to conduct these examinations,” said Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge David F. Rees. “We’ll just see where we can get with that to get to a development of a factual record to ...