State Ex Rel. Schrunk v. Bonebrake

The issue in this mandamus proceeding is whether, after a verdict was reached in a trial to the court, but before sentencing and judgment, the trial court erred in dismissing indictments issued by two separate grand juries on the ground that the grand juries consisted of fewer than seven members.

In April 1992, Sue Lane Gifford was indicted in Multnomah County in a 20-count indictment, charging her with unlawfully obtaining public assistance, unsworn falsification, and theft in the first degree. The Multnomah County grand jury that indicted Gifford was comprised of six members, one of its…