I respectfully disagree with Ms. Sanchez — Oregon restraining orders are for people you’ve had a different sort of relationship with. Instead, you...

Easy question: YES, restitution to crime victims is, in fact, part of the Oregon Constitution, at section 42: “The right to receive prompt...

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Yes, you can be charged with two DUIIs on separate theories — for instance, DUII Alcohol vs. DUII drugs and alcohol. Expect the prosecutor to make...

To me it doesn’t seem worth the hassle of the hardship application process for a suspension ending in one month, UNLESS you’re regularly committing...

The best person to answer would be the lawyer who negotiated the deal to keep you out of prison in the first place, for your original crime. Talk...

The primary way a traffic court judge can impose jail on a mere traffic ticket is: if you fail to appear for court. Don't give them that...

January 1, 2004, marked the beginning of Oregon’s experiment with “lifetime license revocation” for a third DUII conviction. Some people are...

ORS 137.540, the general conditions of probation, provides that a probationer risks violation proceedings and jail if they don’t “Consent to the...

A good trial lawyer could argue that the rider’s conduct was stupid and dangerous, careless; rather than conscious disregard of the risk of hurting...

So long as you blew .00% BAC within 10 minutes, it’s not even an IID violation: “Test violation” is defined by statute at ORS 813.599(5): ...