Oregon First Amendment Law

<h2> <center> State of Oregon v. Aguilar-Pineda </h2> </center>

Hillsboro, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree rape. ORS 163.375; one count of first-degree sodomy, ORS 163.405; two counts of second-degree rape, ORS 163.365; two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.427; and two counts of luring a minor, ORS 167.057. The conduct for which defendant was convicted arose out of defendant’s alleged long-term... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Oregon v. Karen V. Kayne </h2> </center>

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of maintaining a dangerous dog, ORS 609.098. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Under ORS 609.098(2), “[a] person commits the crime of maintaining a dangerous dog if the person is the keeper of a dog an... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Oregon v. Travis James Douglas Johnson </h2> <center>

Newport, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct, ORS 163.670 (Count 1); luring a minor, ORS 167.057 (Count 2); contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor, ORS 163.435 (Count 3); and third-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.415 (Count 4). * * * The Oregon Constitution permits an amendment to an indictme... More...

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<H2> State of Oregon v. Darryl Anthony Pearson

Oregon City, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Darryl Anthony Pearson, 36, charged with Attempted Sexual Abuse in the First Degree.... More...

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<H2> State of Oregon v. Emmanuel Garcia Tenorio

Dallas, Oregon pro se Defendant, representing himself without of a lawyer, who was charged with two counts each of first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree unlawful sexual penetration. <br> <br> <br> <br> ... More...

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Ryan Corbridge v. Encompass Indemnity Company

Portland, Oregon, insurance lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on bad faith breach of contract theory.<br> <br> AI Overview<br> <br> Oregon bad faith insurance law has significantly evolved, particularly with the 2023 Moody v. Oregon Community Credit Union decision, which allows policyholders to sue insurers for certain unfair claims handling practices under a common law negligence claim. T... More...

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Betsey Richards v. Social Security Administration

Eugene, Oregon, social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for Social Security: SSID Tit. XVI benefits by HHS.<br> <br> Google A.I.<br> <br> "SSID Tit. XVI" refers to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, which is a federal assistance program authorized under Title XVI of the Social Security Act. It provides income to aged, bli... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Temika Gardner </h1></h1>

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assault on a Federal Officer.<br> <br> Temika Gardner, 40, of Portland, made her first appearance in federal court after being charged by criminal complaint with assaulting a federal officer.<br> <br> On October 23, 2025, Gardner was near the vehicle of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deportation Officers after the... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Ezequiel Ramos Hernandez </h1></h1>

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting FBI Agents and Distributing Controlled Substances.<br> <br> A man made his first appearance in federal court today after assaulting two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents following his arrest on federal drug distribution charges.<br> <br> Ezequiel Ramos Hernandez, 28, has been charged by criminal c... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Hector Miranda-Mendoza </h1></h1>

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aiming a Laser at a Customs and Border Protection Helicopter.<br> <br> A man made his first appearance in federal court today after pointing a laser at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helicopter in the Portland metro area.<br> <br> Hector Miranda-Mendoza, 35, has been charged by criminal complaint with the f... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Jairin Anzaldua-Ervin </h1></h1>

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Felony Assault of Federal Law Enforcement Officer Near Local ICE Office.<br> <br> A Gervais man made his first appearance in federal court today after assaulting a federal officer near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in South Portland.<br> <br> Jairin Anzaldua-Ervin, 29, has been charged by crim... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Alexander Jay Boyce </h1></h1>

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting a federal officer.<br> <br> A Portland man made his first appearance in federal court today after assaulting a federal officer near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in South Portland.<br> <br> Alexander Jay Boyce, 38, has been charged by criminal complaint with the felony offense of as... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Tomas Plancarte-Benson </h1></h1>

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting Federal Law Enforcement Officer Near Local ICE Office.<br> <br> A Portland man made his first appearance in federal court today after assaulting a federal officer near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in South Portland.<br> <br> Tomas Plancarte-Benson, 37, has been charged by criminal ... More...

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Sherry H. Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Medical Center, et al.

Portland, Oregon, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an employment discrimination theory.<br> <br> Sherry M. Detwiler worked as a Privacy Officer and the Director of Health Information for Defendant-Appellee<br> Mid-Columbia Medical Center ("MCMC”), a hospital in The Dalles, Oregon, from September 14, 2020, through<br> December 20, 2021. In her own words, Detwiler is a practici... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Omar Rodriguez-Salgado, Cesar Antonio Gutierrez-Doblado </h1></h1>

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Fentanyl in Portland <br> <br> Two Honduran nationals unlawfully residing in Oregon made their first appearances in federal court today after being arrested for trafficking fentanyl in East Portland.<br> <br> Omar Rodriguez-Salgado, 28, and Cesar Antonio Gutierrez-Doblado, 19, have been charged by criminal... More...

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State of Oregon v. Joseph Washington

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse.<br> <br> <img width="200" src="https://www.mcda.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Joseph-Washington.png"><br> <br> Joseph Washington was accused of striking his 20 month old child so hard in the stomach that it caused significant traumatic injuries to the victim, including a perforation of the small intestine.... More...

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State of Oregon v. Markesha McGruder and Elexis Jackson

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of organized retail crime, 10 counts of first-degree theft, two counts of second-degree theft, and one count of aggravated theft.<br> <br> n June 11, police arrested 33-year-old Markesha McGruder and 28-year-old Elexis Jackson during a traffic stop near Northeast Halsey Street and Northeast 112th Avenue. <b... More...

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State of Oregon v. Victor Palmer-Regen

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of second-degree assault, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, and first-degree criminal mischief.<br> <br> Victor Palmer-Regen, age 38, was accused of stabbing two people in Northwest Portland.<br> <br> ... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Tracy Molina </h1></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to obey a lawful order. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Portland Woman Faces Federal Charges for Failing to Obey a Lawful Order</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Lucas Christopher Perillo </h1></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Unlawfully Possessing Machine Guns, Unregistered Firearms, and Silencers </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> West Linn Man Faces Federal Charges for Unlawfully Possessing Machine Guns, Unregistered Firearms, and Silencers</h2></center></b></b></ce... More...

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State of Oregon v. Mike Bivins

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with eleven counts of first-degree arson, criminal mischief and second-degree bias. <br> <br> Mike Bivins was accused of trying to torch a Muslim community center and vandalized two synagogues and a Black-owned business during a four-day hate crime spree two years ago.... More...

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<cente> State of Oregon v. Tara Leeann Griffin

Dallas, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with <br> <br> MoreLaw was created to help people find experienced lawyers to represent them in the more than 3,144 counties across the United States. Click the link above to see a list of lawyers ready and willing to represent you if you have a legal problem and need help. Call: 918-582-6422 for help.<br> <br> Tara Leeann Gr... More...

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Kelly Cahill, et al. v. Insider, Inc., et al.

Portland, Oregon, civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiffs seeking the return of information inadvertently disclosed to the Defendants.<br> <br> The panel held that the district court, as part of its inherent powers to oversee discovery in cases before it, had authority to order The Oregonian to return or destroy the documents because, as an intervenor, The Oregonian was a party to the c... More...

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State of Oregon v. Ramon Amador-Hernandez

Porland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of first-degree criminal mistreatment, ORS 163.205, and a second judgment convicting him of five counts of first-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.427.<br> <br> The state charged defendant with first-degree criminal mistreatment of each of his two daughters, G and T Following the state's presentation of evidence,... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Negasi Zuberi </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Medford, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Kidnapping and Sexually Assaulting Two Women and Holding One in a Cell </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Klamath Falls Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Kidnapping and Sexually Assaulting Two Women and Holding One in a Cell</h2></cen... More...

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Andrew Grimm v. City of Portland

Portland, Oregon constitutional law lawyer represented the Plaintiff challenging Portland's ordinance authorizing towing of vehicle.<br> <br> Andrew Grimm parked a car on the side of a downtown street in the City of Portland, Oregon, paid for an hour and<br> 19 minutes of parking through a mobile app, and then left the car on the street for seven days. During that time, City<br> parking enforcemen... More...

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Project Veritas, et al. v. Michael Schmidt, et al.

Portland, Oregon constitutional law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who challenged Oregon's privacy law.<br> <br> Project Veritas and Project Veritas Action Fund (collectively, "Project Veritas”) argue that an Oregon<br> statute prohibiting unannounced recordings of oral conversations violates the First Amendment. Project Veritas<br> brings as-applied and facial challenges. It contends tha... More...

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State of Oregon v. Logan Bruce Scott Carlton

McMinnville, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with f third-degree rape, ORS 163.355, third-degree sodomy, ORS 163.385, and third-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.415.<br> <br> Defendant was found guilty of third-degree rape for having vaginal intercourse with a 14-year-old girl. He was found guilty of third-degree sodomy for having oral intercourse with the same girl du... More...

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State of Oregon v. Lance T. Harriston

Oregon City, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree rape.<br> <br> Defendant was charged in two separate indictments with offenses relating to incidents in July 2019 and June 2020, respectively, involving his then-girlfriend. The indictments were consolidated before trial over defendant's objection. Defendant waived his right to a jury trial, and the cha... More...

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State of Oregon v. Lucille Anne Burton

Oregon City, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII).<br> <br> Defendant was denied participation in the DUII diversion program.<br> <br> Two statutes govern the diversion process in this case, and we review the trial court's decisions under each statute differently. First, ORS 813.210(lXa) provides that a defendant ma... More...

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Andrew Charles Nisbet v. Spirit Rose Bridger

Portland, Oregon family law lawyers represented the parties in a child custody dispute involving r the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. <br> <br> Nisbet and Bridger met in 2012 in New York City when they were both on vacation.[4] Nisbet, a British citizen, lived and worked in Scotland as a radiologist. Bridger, a United States citizen, lived in Oregon an... More...

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State of Oregon v. Jimmy Travon

Hillsboro, oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter.<br> <br> "The shooting took place outside the Xpose club on Southwest Canyon Road in the early morning of May 19, 2017. Police said at the time that the gunman appeared to have targeted the murder victim, Ramon Harris, of Portland, because he shot at Harris twice, first outside the club and th... More...

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State of Oregon v. Mauricio Barba Duran

<h2><br> Dallas, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree rape, ORS 164.375, and sodomy in the first degree, ORS 163.405, for acts perpetrated against his stepdaughter, K, who was approximately 10 years old at the time. <br> <br> State v. Duran, 336 Or.App. 340, A177292 (Or. App. Nov 20, 2024)... More...

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State of Oregon v. Shane Tyler McVay

<h2><br> Eugene, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree manslaughter, ORS 163.118 (Count 1), driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII), ORS 813.010(4) (Count 2), and two counts of recklessly endangering another person, ORS 163.195 (Counts 3 and 4).<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Sentencing. In his second assignment of error, defendant argues "the trial... More...

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State of Oregon v. Michael Stuart Ross

<h2><br> 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).</h2><br> <br> State v. Ross, 336 Or.App. 428, A178503, A178504 (Or. App. Nov 27, 2024)<br> ... More...

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State of Oregon v. Christopher David Purcell

<h2<<br> McMinnville, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted first-degree rape, felony strangulation constituting domestic violence, coercion, menacing constituting domestic violence, and harassment.<br> <br> <br> See State v. Peltier, 318 Or.App. 267, 273, 508 P.3d 567, rev den, 370 Or. 197 (2022) (a defendant has a right to be present at trial and may wa... More...

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State of Oregon v. Blake Edward Humphers

<h2><br> Oregon City, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with "first-degree robbery, ORS 164.415; unlawful use of a weapon, ORS 166.220; first-degree theft, ORS 164.055; and felon in possession of a firearm, ORS 166.270.<br> </h2>... More...

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State of Oregon v. Parker James Lever

<h2><br> Grants Pass, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful use of a weapon.<br> </h2><br> <br> Defendant was convicted of two counts of unlawful use of a weapon with a firearm after he hit a Home Depot employee, BF, with a pistol. On appeal, defendant assigns six errors, but we only address one because it is dispositive: that the trial court plainly erred ... More...

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State of Oregon v. Bobby Joe Richard Fitch

<h2><br> McMinnville, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful use of a vehicle.<br> </h2><br> <br> After defendant was involved in a single-car accident, an officer responded and determined that the car had been reported stolen several weeks earlier. In response to the officer's questions about the car's status, defendant stated that he had bought the car fro... More...

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

<h2><br> Medford, Oregon kidnapping and sexual assault charge criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> 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.<br> <br> On July 15, 2023, while in Seattle, Zuberi posed as a ... More...

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