Post by bistro on Dec 30, 2014 17:58:44 GMT -5
Lawyer waiting in court offers $1K to defendant facing a felony if he didn't pay restitution
Dec 24, 2014 By Debra Cassens Weiss www.abajournal.com/news/article/business_lawyer_waiting_in_court_offers_nearly_1000_to_defendant_facing_a_f#When:13:54:00Z
A Portland, Oregon, business lawyer waiting in court last week was moved by the plight of a criminal defendant who faced a felony if he didn’t pay $983 in restitution for buying a stolen truck.
The lawyer, Colin Murphy, offered to pay the money, stunning defense lawyer Lawrence Taylor, report the Oregonian, KOIN 6 and Willamette Week.
“I’ve practiced for 22 years,” Taylor told the Oregonian, “and I’ve never seen anything like it, and I don’t expect to again.”
The defendant, 27-year-old Castor Majuro Conley, told police he paid $150 to $200 for the truck, then sold it to another man for $275, the Oregonian says. He pleaded guilty in Multnomah County court to unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. The prosecutor offered to classify the conviction as a misdemeanor if Conley paid restitution. Conley, however, couldn’t come up with the money.
Conley, who is married and the father of a toddler, has just one prior conviction on his record for misdemeanor assault.
more at the link above
Dec 24, 2014 By Debra Cassens Weiss www.abajournal.com/news/article/business_lawyer_waiting_in_court_offers_nearly_1000_to_defendant_facing_a_f#When:13:54:00Z
A Portland, Oregon, business lawyer waiting in court last week was moved by the plight of a criminal defendant who faced a felony if he didn’t pay $983 in restitution for buying a stolen truck.
The lawyer, Colin Murphy, offered to pay the money, stunning defense lawyer Lawrence Taylor, report the Oregonian, KOIN 6 and Willamette Week.
“I’ve practiced for 22 years,” Taylor told the Oregonian, “and I’ve never seen anything like it, and I don’t expect to again.”
The defendant, 27-year-old Castor Majuro Conley, told police he paid $150 to $200 for the truck, then sold it to another man for $275, the Oregonian says. He pleaded guilty in Multnomah County court to unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. The prosecutor offered to classify the conviction as a misdemeanor if Conley paid restitution. Conley, however, couldn’t come up with the money.
Conley, who is married and the father of a toddler, has just one prior conviction on his record for misdemeanor assault.
more at the link above