Multnomah County District Attorney

PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt released a list of cases impacted by the public defense crisis. The data set includes the running total of cases dismissed by judges, cases set over to a future date due to a lack of defense counsel, and cases dismissed after being set over, as well as the case number for each.

Last week, DA Mike Schmidt called the public defense crisis, defined by a lack of public defenders to provide counsel to defendants, an urgent threat to public safety. Individuals suspected of a crime have the constitutional right to defense counsel. Victims have a right to justice. Absent counsel, criminal prosecutions cannot lawfully move forward and issued cases are routinely dismissed over prosecutor’s objections.

DA Schmidt also declared that his office would publish cases impacted by the crisis each week to advance the public’s understanding of the scope of the crisis. The initial data set released, totaling 285 felony and misdemeanor cases dismissed, ranged from February 24, 2022, through October 31, 2022. Here is a breakdown of the types of felonies getting dismissed.

Below is a list of dismissed felony cases during the month of November, with an updated running total of 297 cases.

1. 22-CR-52643
2. 22-CR-27149
3. 22-CR-31053
4. 21-CR-58697
5. 22-CR-31499
6. 22-CR-39181
7. 22-CR-27862
8. 22-CR-30736
9. 22-CR-32164
10. 22-CR-40400
11. 22-CR-33224
12. 22-CR-05490
13. 22-CR-41370
14. 22-CR-33487
15. 22-CR-25410
16. 22-CR-27614
17. 21-CR-50567

Subsequent data sets will be released Friday of each week and include cases impacted by the crisis from the five previous business days.

In addition to cases being dismissed by judges, a high volume of cases filed with the court are set over to a future date due to a lack of a public defender, further delaying justice. Just this week, 30 hearings were set over:

1. 21-CR-32753
2. 19-CR-74294
3. 22-CR-27614
4. 22-CR-20517
5. 22-CR-39988
6. 22-CR-07058
7. 22-CR-49971
8. 22-CR-42934
9. 22-CR-56730
10. 22-CR-56760
11. 22-CR-56751
12. 22-CR-56738
13. 22-CR-49110
14. 22-CR-35377
15. 22-CR-61067
16. 22-CR-57007
17. 22-CR-57108
18. 22-CR-50265
19. 22-CR-57341
20. 22-CR-43488
21. 22-CR-43494
22. 22-CR-50437
23. 22-CR-43481
24. 21-CR-45518
25. 20-CR-10393
26. 22-CR-15026
27. 22-CR-50702
28. 22-CR-14439
29. 22-CR-57522
30. 22-CR-50708

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