Governor Kitzhaber and others are proposing the first significant changes to Measure 11 in over a decade.  The Governor’s concern is driven mainly by projected prison costs over the next ten years and the likely need to build and staff more prisons if changes are not made to this 1995 law. House Bill 3194 proposes a number…

This is an important ruling for Oregon Drug Crimes Attorneys as it applies to searches in Oregon. In 2006 Joelis Jardines’ Florida home was approached by two Miami-Dade police detectives.  The two detectives approached the front door, but they did not knock. Under ordinary circumstances, there is nothing unusual, or illegal, with the police entering a person’s…