October 13, 2023 PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt released a list of cases impacted by the public defense crisis. The list includes felony cases dismissed by the JC3 court as a result of the crisis. In November, DA Mike Schmidt called the public defense crisis– defined by a lack of […]
October 6, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County jury delivered a guilty verdict for Brett Edward Pruett, 61, for the 2020 murder of three people in northeast Portland. The trial took place in front of Judge Michael Greenlick from September 11 to October 6, with Senior Deputy District […]
October 6, 2023 PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt released a list of cases impacted by the public defense crisis. The list includes felony cases dismissed by the JC3 court as a result of the crisis. In November, DA Mike Schmidt called the public defense crisis– defined by a lack of […]
October 2, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a grand jury indicted Dominic Raymond Austin, 19, on 33 charges related to multiple incidents of harassing his neighbors at a Gresham apartment building: Three counts of Attempted Burglary in the First Degree Four counts of Unlawful Use of a Weapon Thirteen counts […]
September 29, 2023 PORTLAND, Oregon – Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt released a list of cases impacted by the public defense crisis. The list includes felony cases dismissed by the JC3 court as a result of the crisis. In November, DA Mike Schmidt called the public defense crisis– defined by a lack of […]
September 29, 2023 The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office (MCDA) today published transcripts of the grand jury proceedings in the death investigation of Immanueal Jaquez Clark-Johnson. Upon the grand jury’s return of a “not true bill” in this matter, MCDA filed a motion with the presiding court to create and release a transcript of the […]
September 22, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced today that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Christopher Edward Knipe, 48, to 17 years in prison for the 2019 vehicular killing of Sean Kealiher. Incident On October 12, 2019, officers from Portland Police Bureau’s Central Precinct were dispatched to an incident in the […]
September 21, 2023 Today, Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Christopher Marshall sentenced Brian Delon Washington, 23, to 100 months in prison. Senior Deputy DA Amanda Nadell and Deputy DA Sam Wilton represented the state in this case. As part of a plea agreement negotiated with the defendant and his counsel, Washington pled no contest on […]
September 21, 2023 Today, Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Michael Greenlick sentenced Nathan Wayne Moore, 43, to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years. The sentence follows an August 16th verdict where a 12-person jury found Moore guilty of three charges, including Murder in the Second Degree with a Firearm. This […]
September 20, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced today that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Daniel Roy Hensley, 34, to 15 years in prison for a 2022 fatal shooting in Gresham. Incident On March 11, 2022, law enforcement responded to a strip mall in Gresham on the report of a shooting […]