OREGON CITY, Ore. (KGW) — A Clackamas County judge struck down a provision in a new contract between the state of Oregon and public defense firms Friday evening, in a significant rebuke to the state agency in charge of managing those contracts.
Public Defender of Marion County won a victory in its suit against the Oregon Public Defense Commission, with the judge ruling a provision in the state’s public defense contract is unconstitutional.
“It means that (public defenders) get to continue to provide client-centered representation,” said Shannon Wilson, executive director of PDMC…