NEW PLEA PETITION FORM: ORS 135.390 now requires Defendants to be informed in writing that where there is a guilty or no contest plea and the negotiations include dismissal of charges that if the sentence is for some reason vacated, or overturned, then the State can reinstate all original charges.

The State will continue to use the plea petitions they have printed up, and have printed up a one page form. You can download it here, or they have them available in every courtroom as well. Just be aware that your client will need to review and sing this form before the court will take a plea that includes dismissal or charges.

The form can be downloaded here.

The court will eventually incorporate this notice into the standard plea petition, so you won't need to do this as a separate form.

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September 5th, 2008:     Attorney Amy Velazquez of the Harris Law Firm, was appointed by Presiding Judge Thomas Kohl to the Washington County Public Safety Coordinating Council.

March 20th, CLE: There will be a CLE on Measure 57, new mandatory minimums, and HB - 3638, changes to the AIP eligibility. It will be held on March 20th, from 12 Noon to 1 PM at the Washington County Courthouse Annex (formerly Judge LeTourneau's courtroom). There will be handouts, and there is no charge. We'll try to get CLE credit

   UPDATE:

   Here are the CLE materials from the March 20th event.
     * The first Document is a guide to the changes in AIP.
     * The second document is two pages developed by Multnomah County DA's office, the first page covers AIP's and 
        drug offenses, the second page is for repeat property crimes.
     * The third document is a single page guide developed by OCDLA and Chris O'conner. The fourth docuemtn is two
         pages covering drug offenses and repeat property crimes.