State v. Longjaw

These cases merely require a simple application of two Oregon statutes. But they also involve one of the most perplexing problems currently confronting the criminal justice system in this state. That problem is how adequately to provide and pay for appointed counsel for indigent defendants charged with violations of state criminal laws. The two cases at issue concern the calculation and payment of attorney fees of appointed counsel for indigent criminal defendants and do not involve the underlying substantive criminal law issues previously decided. State v. Longjaw, 88 Or App 471, 745 P2d 827…