OREGON – On Wednesday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay on District Court Judge McShane’s order requiring all Oregon counties to release criminal defendants from jail within seven days of their first court appearance if they’re ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– Daniel Burda was back in court today. He’s the man police have tried to tie to the death of original Disney Mousketeer Dennis Day. But Burda’s court appearance today was on a different matter. Daniel Burda pleaded guilty ...
(KGW) KGW is wrapping up its three-part investigation into a crisis gripping Oregon’s justice system. The shortage of public defenders is hard on crime victims and defendants alike. But it’s also a thankless task for the attorneys — there aren’t ...
JOSEPHINE CO., Ore. — 7 years after a Josephine County man was shot dead by Oregon State Police troopers, his family is finally able to sue the state for wrongful death. The attorney representing Robert Box’s widow says the Court ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – A man was sentenced to prison after standing trial for a second time for the same crime. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said in 2016, Robert Lee Chaffee ran down another man with his car after an ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — Many court cases in Oregon are being tried again, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in April that jury verdicts in state courts must be unanimous. It’s the case for one Talent man. 66-year-old Robert Lee Chaffee ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — “Quite literally skin, bones, and hair left,” said Virginia Greer, Jackson Co. deputy district attorney. No cause of death has been determined. That’s what Jackson County prosecutors say about former Disney Mouseketeer, Dennis Day. The 76-year-old was ...
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. – All civil trials, criminal trials and hearings will be postponed in Josephine County, with the exclusion of in-custody speedy trials. Josephine County Circuit Court said effective on March 17, “All hearings are continued to a date ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — More than four years after a fatal shooting, the case is going to court. Robert Davies-Calhoun has been in front of a judge numerous times over the last few years, but his murder trial finally began Tuesday ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — Two men who were arrested for the distributing and manufacturing of meth and heroin were arraigned today in Medford. 47-year-old Corey Bearnson and 34-year-old Osbaldo Silva both pleaded not guilty on all counts today. Police arrested them ...