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Bookmarked and searchable, OCDLA manuals are now available to members as PDF downloads at less than the hardcopy price.
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Hold the Line:Don’t miss John Wesley Hall of Little Rock, AK, on “Warrantless Searches and the Automobile Exception,” plus important presentations on writing, arguing, and investigating motions to suppress, and bad stops and good stops.
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• Amy Baggio, Federal Public Defenders, Portland
• Colette Tvedt, Seattle, WA
• Kelly Scribner, National Litigation Support, Office of Defender Services, Oakland, CA
Don’t miss out on a great deal to Maui: Air/Hotel package from Portland only $899 per person, double occupancy. From Seattle, just $799. Members can save $10 on CLE registration, regularly $395, during the month of August when you register online.
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The completely revised second edition of Major Crimes and Defenses is second to none. Edited by David T. McDonald and Patrick John Sweeney, each chapter has been revised and updated — you’re getting the best and most current information available. See the Table of Contents. $285 hardcopy members, $240 PDF download, members only.
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2010 Investigators Manual Building from a solid foundation created ten years ago by original editors Wendy Kunkel and David Audet, 2010 editors Rhonda Coats, Lynette Lazenby, and Brenda Tam have honed and reshaped nearly chapter, resulting in a comprehensive new edition packed with current information and practical tips that will benefit investigator and lawyer alike. Searchable, bookmarked PDF, $105, hardcopy in binder with 18 mylar-reinforced tabs, $125.
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Read “Measure 73: Red Herring,” by OCDLA President Rob Raschio (from the Sept-Oct 2010 Oregon Defense Attorney).
State v. Erin Albert Ayles (Oregon Supreme Court, August 12, 2010)
The existence of a minimal factual nexus is obvious in cases in which the defendant consents to
a search (or takes other incriminating action) during an illegal seizure.
Click here for the full case summary by Jamesa Drake, editor of the Criminal Law Newsletter.
OCDLA Board Meeting
Friday, Sept. 24, 2010
Agate Beach Inn, Newport
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