July 10, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced today that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Travis Raymond Helms, 37, to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree with a Firearm and one count of Attempted Robbery in the First Degree. The charges […]
July 7 The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office (MCDA) today published transcripts of the grand jury proceedings in the death investigation of Aaron Stanton. 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 transcripts of the recorded grand jury […]
July 6, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced today that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Timothy Deshawn Harris, 29, to 388 months in prison after a jury found him guilty of six charges: One count of Sodomy in the First Degree One count of Kidnap in the First Degree One count […]
June 30, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a Multnomah County jury delivered a guilty verdict for Noah Charles Smith, 37, for the fatal shooting of Kimberly Lambright and for the attempted murder of Christopher Barrett at a homeless encampment in southwest Portland in March 2021. The trial took place in […]
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 public defenders […]
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 public defenders […]
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 public defenders […]
June 13, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today announced that a grand jury indicted Brandon Lewis Briscoe, 47, on two charges relating to the recent shooting death of a woman in Corbett: Murder in the Second Degree with a Firearm Felon in Possession of a Firearm On June 3, 2023, Multnomah County Sheriff’s […]
June 13, 2023 Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced today that a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge sentenced Donald Troy Bighaus, 52, to 19 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree and one count of Failure to Perform the Duties of a Driver. The charges stem […]
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 public defenders to […]