LaMarche v. State of Oregon

The City of Corvallis and the State of Oregon appeal from a circuit court judgment granting respondent LaMarche’s petition for post-conviction relief. The court held that his May 18,1978, DUII conviction for violation of a city ordinance is invalid, because his waiver of a jury trial was not obtained in writing. It ordered that the conviction be set aside and that all references to it in the Motor Vehicles Division and Bureau of Criminal Identification records be removed. We reverse.

Respondent was tried on the DUII charge in the Corvallis Municipal Court. Although it was originally scheduled…