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section 11 unavailability in Oregon

6 Oregon opinions name it 2 courts 2002–2025 3 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Oregon courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
State v. Harrisgreen
or · 2017 · cited in 4 Oregon opinions naming this issue, 2020–2025
2 sentences

2025He notes that the legal standard for unavailability under Article I, section 11, is articulated in Belden: “the constitutional confrontation guarantee requires that the ‘state must have exhausted all reasonably available means of producing the witness.’ ” Id. at 10 (quoting State v. Harris, 362 Or 55 , 66, 404 P3d 926 (2017)).

2025He notes that the legal standard for unavailability under Article I, section 11, is articulated in Belden: “the constitutional confrontation guarantee requires that the ‘state must have exhausted all reasonably available means of producing the witness.’ ” Id. at 10 (quoting State v. Harris, 362 Or 55 , 66, 404 P3d 926 (2017)).

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State v. Parkinsgreen
or · 2009 · cited in 1 Oregon opinions naming this issue, 2011–2011
1 sentence

2011Although trial counsel and the court appear to have conflated the unavailability requirement under the Oregon Evidence Code and Article I, section 11, we are persuaded that the parties and the trial court were fully aware that the state was required to establish that the victim was unavailable under Article I, section 11, and that defendant sufficiently alerted the court to his argument that that standard had not been met. 6 In particular, our conclusion is guided by the Supreme Court’s application of the preservation rule in Parkins , which posed a similarly postured dispute about whether the

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State v. Barkleygreen
or · 1993 · cited in 1 Oregon opinions naming this issue, 2002–2002
1 sentence

2002See, e.g., Barkley, 315 Or at 429-31 (examining availability of declarant in course of Article I, section 11, analysis, but noting that, under White , Sixth Amendment does not require unavailability); Cornell, 314 Or at 682 , 682 n 15 (noting that, under Sixth Amendment, state need not demonstrate unavailability before introducing coconspirator statements, but examining unavailability under Article I, section 11).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Oregon. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (4)

CaseCitedYears
State v. Iseli green
or · 2020
2 sentences

2025He notes that the legal standard for unavailability under Article I, section 11, is articulated in Belden: “the constitutional confrontation guarantee requires that the ‘state must have exhausted all reasonably available means of producing the witness.’ ” Id. at 10 (quoting State v. Harris, 362 Or 55 , 66, 404 P3d 926 (2017)).

2025He notes that the legal standard for unavailability under Article I, section 11, is articulated in Belden: “the constitutional confrontation guarantee requires that the ‘state must have exhausted all reasonably available means of producing the witness.’ ” Id. at 10 (quoting State v. Harris, 362 Or 55 , 66, 404 P3d 926 (2017)).

22025–2025
State v. Belden green
orctapp · 2020
2 sentences

2020Cf. State v. Belden, 303 Or App 438, 447 , 464 P3d 465 (2020) (state’s efforts to secure the witness were sufficient where, despite the witness saying she did not want to testify and evading service, the state successfully served her with a subpoena; spoke with the witness’s probation officer about securing the witness’s testimony; and, on the morning of trial, unsuccessfully attempted to contact the witness in person at her home).

2020Cf. State v. Belden, 303 Or App 438, 447 , 464 P3d 465 (2020) (state’s efforts to secure the witness were sufficient where, despite the witness saying she did not want to testify and evading service, the state successfully served her with a subpoena; spoke with the witness’s probation officer about securing the witness’s testimony; and, on the morning of trial, unsuccessfully attempted to contact the witness in person at her home).

12020–2020
State v. Anderson green
orctapp · 1979
1 sentence

2011In Anderson, we considered whether the state had made a good-faith effort to secure the appearance of several declarants at trial and had thereby established that they were unavailable to testify. 42 Or App at 31-32 .

12011–2011
State v. Cornell green
or · 1992
1 sentence

2002See, e.g., Barkley, 315 Or at 429-31 (examining availability of declarant in course of Article I, section 11, analysis, but noting that, under White , Sixth Amendment does not require unavailability); Cornell, 314 Or at 682 , 682 n 15 (noting that, under Sixth Amendment, state need not demonstrate unavailability before introducing coconspirator statements, but examining unavailability under Article I, section 11).

12002–2002

Statutes the citing opinions construe

OR § Or. Rev. Stat. § 136.608 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

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