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<P align=left><SPAN class=713151221-20072011><FONT face=Arial
size=2><STRONG><EM><U>Not specifically DV-related, but applicable since we tend
to do SO MANY PV hearings in DV cases....</U></EM></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN class=713151221-20072011><STRONG><EM><U><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></U></EM></STRONG></SPAN> </P>
<P align=left><SPAN class=713151221-20072011><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>This
case, while irritating on its face, may provide a good guideline for how we CAN
use hearsay.</EM> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </P>
<P align=left><STRONG><FONT size=2>C</FONT></STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT
size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT face="Times New Roman">OURT
</FONT></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">E</FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT face="Times New Roman">RRED </FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman">I</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">N </FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman">A</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">DMITTING </FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman">H</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">EARSAY AT </FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman">P</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">ROBATION</FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman">-V</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">IOLATION </FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman">H</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">EARING</P></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG><I><FONT
face="Times New Roman">
<P align=left><STRONG><FONT size=2>State v. Monk</FONT></STRONG></I></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=2>, 243 Or App __, __ P3d __ (July 13, 2011)
(Multnomah) (AAG Patrick Ebbett).</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>At a show-cause hearing, the court found defendant in
violation of his probation, on a conviction for</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>menacing, based on testimony from his probation
officer that another police officer, who was “at</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>training” on the day of the hearing, had filed a
report stating that he had found defendant in possession</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>of marijuana; the court extended defendant’s term of
probation.</FONT></P></FONT><I><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<P align=left><FONT size=2>Held</FONT></I></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=2>: Reversed and remanded. [1] Although
neither the rules of evidence nor the state or</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>federal constitutions provide a
</FONT></FONT><I><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=2>pro se
</FONT></I></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=2>bar to admission of
hearsay in a probation-revocation hearing,</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>the defendant does have a general right under the Due
Process Clause to confront and cross-examine</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>witnesses based on consideration of four factors:
“(1) the importance of the evidence to the court’s</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>finding; (2) the probationer’s opportunity to refute
the evidence; (3) the difficulty and expense of</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>obtaining witnesses; and (4) traditional indicia of
reliability borne by the evidence.” [2] In light of</FONT></P></FONT><I><FONT
face="Times New Roman">
<P align=left><FONT size=2>State v. Wibbens</FONT></I></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT
face="Times New Roman">, 238 Or App 737 (2010), and </FONT><I><FONT
face="Times New Roman">State v. Terry</I></FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=2>, 240 Or App 330 (2011), the court
erred</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>because the hearsay at issue was the only evidence of
the alleged violation, the testimony as to the</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>circumstances of the of the alleged violation was
vague, the state did not offer much of an explanation</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>why the officer who found the drugs was unavailable,
and the report on which the probation officer</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>relied was not offered as
evidence.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff size=2>
<P>http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/A143634.pdf</P></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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