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Oregon Probation Extended for Inability to Pay Financial Obligations
Oregon Probation Extended for Inability to Pay Financial Obligations
by Mark Wilson
In a July 9, 2014 ruling, the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a trial court’s extension of probation for failure to pay financial obligations due to poverty. The Court of Appeals concluded that Bearden v. Georgia, 461 …
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