(10 summaries)
Cara Sheehan
Oregon Court of Appeals
| Title | Excerpt | Filling Date |
|---|---|---|
| Campbell v. Employment Department | Employment Law: An order by the EAB will be upheld if it is supported by substantial evidence and reason. | (05-15-2013) |
| Dept. of Human Services v. J. R. L | Juvenile Law: A juvenile court cannot rely on facts extrinsic to the jurisdictional judgment in determining the basis for continuing jurisdiction. | (04-24-2013) |
| State v. Valle | Evidence: Evidence is admissible as relevant impeachment evidence when it supports an inference that a witness had a personal interest or bias to testify in a particular manner. | (03-27-2013) |
| State v. White | Appellate Procedure: A defendant's appeal of supplemental judgment is timely when the 30-day appeal period under ORS 138.071(4) does not start running until actual notice of the supplemental judgment being entered has been received by the defendant or his counsel. | (03-06-2013) |
| State v. Stephens | Evidence: Evidence of uncharged incidents of sexual conduct between the victim and the defendant are admissible under OEC 404(4). | (02-06-2013) |
| State v. Murr | Criminal Procedure: Under ORS 135.747, “period of time” to bring a defendant to trial begins when the information is filed with the court and not with the service of citations. | (01-09-2013) |
| State v. Baranovich | Criminal Procedure: An incarcerated defendant consents to a delay of trial for other charges when she knowingly fails to make a demand for a speedy trial. | (12-12-2012) |
| State v. Wright | Criminal Law: For first-degree criminal mistreatment, "physical injury" is an impairment of a physical condition or a substantial amount of pain. Impairment of a physical condition is harm to the body or an inability to use the body or a bodily organ for a certain period of time. | (11-07-2012) |
| State v. J.S. | Civil Commitment: For involuntary commitment cases based on a mental disorder, the state must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant''s mental disorder would cause him to inflict danger to himself or to others in the near future. | (10-24-2012) |
| Cornus Corp. v. GEAC Enterprise Solutions, Inc. | Civil Procedure: The claim preclusive effect of a federal court's judgment is governed by Oregon's claim preclusion law, which states that a claim brought in federal court is not barred in state court unless it was adjudicated on the merits. | (10-03-2012) |