Opinion

Ortega v. Williard

  • 245 Or. 331
  • 421 P.2d 966
  • 1966 Ore. LEXIS 388
Court
Oregon Supreme Court
Filed
Dec 30, 1966
Status
Published
Author
Connell
On the bench
Connell, Denecke, Goodwin, Holman, McAllister, Perry, Sloan
Cited by
2 cases
Authority
More cited than 16.7%

The opinion

O’CONNELL, J.,

dissenting.

The information imparted to the accused does not satisfy the requirements laid down in Von Moltke v. Gillies, 332 US 708 , 68 S Ct 316 , 92 L Ed 309 (1948). I regard the requirements set forth in that case as binding upon the states.

As I indicated in my concurring opinion in Tucker v. Gladden, 245 Or 109 , 420 P2d 625 at 627 (1966), we could avoid the litigation in this type of case if the trial judge would appoint counsel in every ease. I am hopeful that eventually this will become the universal practice in this state.

Denecke, J., joins in this dissent.

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