Oregon Assault Law
 

State of Oregon v. Tara Leeann Griffin

Dallas, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

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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 ... More...
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United States of America v. Negasi Zuberi

Medford, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Kidnapping and Sexually Assaulting Two Women and Holding One in a Cell

Klamath Falls Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Kidnapping and Sexually Assaulting Two Women and Holding One in a Cell

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State of Oregon v. Michael Stuart Ross


Hillsborough, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, second-degree assault, and unlawful use of a weapon (the homicide case); and two counts of solicitation to commit first-degree murder (the solicitation case).



State v. Ross, 336 Or.App. 428, A178503, A178504 (Or. App. Nov 27, 2024)
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State of Oregon v. Henry Guerra


Vale, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with
unlawful use of a weapon (UUW) constituting domestic violence, ORS 166.220; and assault in the fourth degree constituting domestic violence, ORS 163.160. The trial court sentenced defendant to five years in prison pursuant to ORS 161.610, and to a concurrent term of 90 days in jail for the assault conviction.... More...
   $0 (11-27-2024 - OR)

United States of America v. Negasi Zuberi, a/k/a Justin Joshua Hyche


Medford, Oregon kidnapping and sexual assault charge criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.


Negasi Zuberi, 30, also known as Justin Joshua Hyche, was found guilty of kidnapping, transporting a victim for criminal sexual activity, and illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.

On July 15, 2023, while in Seattle, Zuberi posed as a ... More...
   $0 (10-20-2024 - OR)

United States of America v. Elizabeth Ballestros West

Medford, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Threatening Coworkers on Facebook

Cottage Grove Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Threatening Coworkers on Facebookre



In late September 2023, the FBI... More...
   $0 (07-16-2024 - 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... More...
   $0 (05-31-2024 - OR)

United States of America v. Keandre Dshawn LaMarcus Brown

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder Committed Amid Violent Robbery Spree.


Portland Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Murder Committed Amid Violent Robbery Spree



A Portland man was sentenced to 30 y... More...
   $0 (03-12-2024 - OR)

United States of America v. Erocl Gacjijo Wanjiku

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting Federal Immigration Officers.



ERICK GACHUHI WANJIKU, 42, of Kenya, was sentenced to serve 36 months in federal prison for assaulting federal officers, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.

A feder... More...
   $0 (01-18-2024 - OR)

United States of America v. Tony Daniel Klein

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with depriving another of right by sexual assault,in violation of 18 U.S.C. 242 and false declaration before a court in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1623(a).

Tony Daniel Klein, 38, of Clackamas County, Oregon, sexually assaulted nine female inmates while serving as a nurse at the Coffee Creek Correctional Family, Oregon'... More...
   $0 (10-18-2023 - OR)

Luz A. Nunez v. Brandon Jones, et al.

Pendleton, Oregon civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Blevins theory.


Plaintiff Luz Nunez brought this action against Defendants, five federal officers. Plaintiff alleges the federal officers violated her Fourth Amendment rights by unlawfully arresting her after a traffic stop. Plaintiff sues the federal officers in their individual capacities f... More...
   $0 (09-27-2023 - OR)

United States of America v. Eugene Michael Brown

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

According to court documents, as part of an ongoing federal racketeering investigation of the Hoover Criminal Gang, law enforcement obtained photos online of Brown, a convicted felon, posing with other known Hoover members.

On the evening spanning May 21 and 22, 2022, ... More...
   $0 (09-11-2023 - OR)

United States of America v. Tony Daniel Klein

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually assaulting nine female inmates while serving as a nurse at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon’s only women’s prison.

Tony Daniel Klein, 38, of Clackamas County, was indicted on 17 counts of depriving his victims of their constitutional right not to be subjected to cruel and unusual punish... More...
   $0 (07-25-2023 - OR)

United States of America v. Gregory Lee Rodvelt

Medford, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with boobytrapping of a home that injured an FBI bomb technician.

On September 7, 2018, bomb technicians from Oregon State Police (OSP) and the FBI went to a property in Williams formerly owned by Gregory Lee Rodvelt, 71, a former resident of Williams, Oregon, that he had lost in lawsuit. After Rodvelt learned that a re... More...
   $0 (06-06-2023 - OR)

State of Oregon v. Billy Lee Oatney, Jr.

Hillsboro, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.





Washington County  Courthouse - Hillsboro, Oregon


Washington County Courthouse - Hillsboro, Oregon


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Erin Wenzel v. City of Portland, et al.

Portland, Oregon personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on assault, battery and negligence theories.

Erin Wenzel claiming that on August 14, 2020 an officer ran at her and violently slammed her with a nightstick while she was attempting to follow police instruction to disperse.

Plaintiff was with a group protesters and was complying with police orders w... More...
   $0 (10-04-2022 - OR)

United States of America v. Eduardo Barbosa Lopez

Portland Oregon criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with supplying large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin to a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization operating in the Portland Metropolitan Area.

Eduardo Barbosa Lopez, 44, also known as Barbas, was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release.

Beginning in 2018, two men, Samu... More...
   $0 (08-30-2022 - OR)

United States of America v. James Calvin Patterson

Medford, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with long criminal history, including multiple convictions for strangulation and assault, was sentenced to federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

In the early morning hours of March 30, 2019, two officers from the Medford Police Department observed a white compact car stopping in the mi... More...
   $0 (05-27-2022 - OR)

United States of America v. Bernard McEllen Welch

Portland, Oregon criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

Bernard McEllen Welch, 33, was indicted for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

According to court documents, on May 21, 2020, a Salem Police officer pulled a car over for a traffic violation when Welch jumped from the vehicle’s rear passenger door and ... More...
   $0 (01-09-2022 - OR)

Therell Davis v. Progressive Universal Insurance Company

Portland, Oregon personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on Assault, Libel, and Slander theories claiming $10 million in damages. ... More...    $1 (10-20-2021 - OR)

State of Oregon v. Craig Alan Swinney

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree assault, fourth-degree assult and unlawful use of a weapon with a firearm.

Craig Alan Swinney, age 51, engaged in various acts of violence including shooting a man in the face with a paintball gun, discharging bear mace on multiple occasions and aiming at .357 magnum handgun at a crowd.


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United States of America v. Royce Francis Speedis

Portland, Oregon criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with felony possession of a semi-automatic pistol and distributing methamphetamine.

Royce Francis Speedis, 34, was sentenced to 77 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release.

In early March 2019, Royce Francis Speedis, age 34 and co-defendant Lavella Ruth Thompson, 28, also of Pendleton,... More...
   $0 (12-01-2021 - OR)

United States of America v. Jacob Michael Gaines

Portland, OR: Assault and battery criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jacob Michael Gaines, age 24, who assaulted a Deputy U.S. Marshal with a construction hammer in Downtown Portland.

“We are very fortunate Mr. Gaines did not severely injure or kill the Deputy U.S. Marshal who confronted him outside the federal courthouse last summer. Assaulting a federal officer with a dead... More...
   $0 (09-09-2021 - OR)

United States of America v. Marcus Gene St. Clair

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony drug and firearm possession.

Marcus Gene St. Clair, 44, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release. St. Clair was previously sentenced to 70 months in state prison. He will serve his state and federal prison sentences concurrently in federal priso... More...
   $0 (08-18-2021 - Or)

United States of America v. Andrew Steven Faulkner

Portland, Oregon pointing a shining high-powered green laser at a uniformed Federal Protective Service (FPS) officer charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant.

Andrew Steven Faulkner, 25, was was charged for shining a high-powered green laser at a uniformed Federal Protective Service (FPS) officer providing security at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse during a protest in J... More...
   $0 (06-10-2021 - OR)

United States of America v. Jacob Michael Gaines

Portland, OR - The United States of America charged Jacob Michael Gaines, age 23, with assaulting a U.S. Marshals Service deputy with a hammer.

Jacob Michael Gaines, 23, a Texas man currently residing in a recreational vehicle in Portland, has been charged by criminal complaint with one count of assaulting a federal officer.

According to court documents, at approximately 1:00am o... More...
   $0 (07-19-2020 - OR)

United States of America v. Jared Elias Case

Portland, OR - The United States of America charged Jared Elias Case with domestic assault and battery.

Jared Elias Case, 26, of Umatilla, Oregon, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release after repeatedly assaulting his significant other.

According to court documents, on July 19, 2018, Case punched his then-significant other in the face, br... More...
   $0 (11-19-2019 - OR)

United States of America v. Ulises Mayares




Portland, OR - Third Portland-Area Man Sentenced in Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

A third Portland-area man was sentenced to federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to traffic large quantities of methamphetamine into the Portland Metropolitan Area.

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   $0 (07-30-2019 - 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 ... More...
   $0 (07-18-2019 - OR)

United States of America v. Joel Malcom Salt




Portland, OR - Umatilla Man Sentenced for Strangling Victim Near Children

Joel Malcom Salt, 29, of Umatilla, Oregon, was sentenced to time served, having already served 22 months in custody, plus three years’ supervised release for strangling his significant other in the presence of th... More...
   $0 (05-28-2019 - OR)

United States of America v. Edwin Enoc Lara




Eugene, OR - Former Bend Campus Security Officer Receives Second Life Sentence for Federal Kidnapping and Carjacking

Edwin Enoc Lara, 34, a former campus safety... More...
   $0 (04-29-2019 - OR)

State of Oregon v. Donald James McLaughlin




Medford, OR - The State of Oregon charged Donald James McLaughlin, age 48, with sodomy in the first-degree, two counts of first-degree sexual penetration, three counts of first-degree sexual abuse and two counts of second-degree sexual assault.


0163.405 SODOMY 1 / SODO... More...
   $0 (01-22-2019 - OR)

United States of America v. Andre Eugene Shaw

District of Oregon Federal Courthouse - Portland, Oregon

Portland, OR - Portland Man Sentenced to 63 Months in Federal Prison for Extorting Child Pornographers

Andre Eugene Shaw, 34, of Portland, was sentenced on September 6, 2018 to 63 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for extorting child pornographers for money and services.

Shaw previously pleaded guilty to extortion, transmitting extortionate c... More...
   $0 (09-09-2018 - OR)

United States of America v. Lawren John Slockish

District of Oregon Federal Courthouse - Portland, Oregon

Portland, OR - Warm Springs Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Molesting Minor Victim

Lawren John Slockish, 36, of Warm Springs, Oregon, was sentenced on July 9, 2018 to 300 months in federal prison for molesting an 11-year-old girl.

“Sexual abuse of children casts a lifelong shadow on the health of the victims. The Warm Springs Multi-Disciplinary Child Abuse Team br... More...
   $0 (07-09-2018 - OR)

United States of America v. Rhyan Leigh Smith

District of Oregon Federal Courthouse - Portland, Oregon

Porland, OR - Warm Springs Woman Pleads Guilty to Assault with Intent to Commit Murder of Two Family Members

Rhyan Leigh Smith, 26, of Warm Springs, Oregon, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to two counts of assault with the intent to commit murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 113(a) and 1153, and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence in violation ... More...
   $0 (02-10-2018 - OR)

State of Oregon v. Robert Darnell Boyd

Portland, Oregon - Civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on civil rights violation theory.

The issue in this case is whether police unlawfully interrogated a criminal defendant after he invoked his rights to counsel and against compelled self-incrimination, guaranteed by Article I, section 12, of the Oregon Constitution and the Fifth Amendment to the United States ... More...
   $0 (09-22-2017 - OR)

Martin Allen Johnson v. Jeff Premo

In a two-phased jury trial, petitioner was convicted
of aggravated murder and sentenced to death for killing
a fifteen-year-old girl, HF. The state’s theory of the case
was that petitioner had killed HF intentionally in furtherance
of, or in an effort to conceal, the commission of sexual
offenses against her. This court affirmed his convictions and
sentence. State v. Johnso... More...
   $0 (08-03-2017 - OR)

United States of America v. Jose Antonio Mejia

District of Oregon Federal Courthouse - Portland, Oregon

Portland, OR - Dangerous Child Sexual Predator Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison

U.S. Senior District Judge Anna J. Brown sentenced Jose Antonio Mejia, 33, of Woodburn, Oregon, to 15 years in federal prison followed by lifetime supervised release and sex offender registration. Mejia previously plead guilty to a federal Indictment charging him with Transportation of a Minor Across St... More...
   $0 (10-23-2017 - 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... More...
   $0 (03-01-2017 - OR)

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