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Disruptive Oregon Criminal Defendant Properly Denied Self-Representation

Loaded on June 10, 2015

Filed under: Appointment of Counsel, Criminal Procedure. Location: Oregon.

Disruptive Oregon Criminal Defendant Properly Denied Self-Representation

On August 13, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that a trial court properly refused to allow a disruptive criminal defendant to represent himself at trial. The court erred, however, in doubling its twelve summary contempt sanctions.

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