JONES v. BROWN

(CC 20CV02495) (SC S068824).

523 P.3d 82 (2022)

370 Or. 649

Bethanie J. JONES, aka Bethanie Joanne Jones, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Nichole BROWN, Superintendent, Coffee Creek Correctional Institution, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

December 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jedediah Peterson , O'Connor Weber LLC, Portland, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Rebecca M. Auten , Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent. Also on the brief were Ellen Rosenblum , Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman , Solicitor General.

Rosalind M. Lee , Portland, filed the brief for amicus curiae Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

Aliza Kaplan , Portland, filed the brief for amicus curiae Criminal Justice Reform Clinic at Lewis & Clark Law School. Also on the brief were Michaela C. Gore , Laney B. Ellisor , Colin Bradshaw , and Bijal Patel .

Anna Sortun , Portland, filed the brief for amici curiae Latino Network, Don't Shoot Portland, NAACP Corvallis-Albany Branch #1118, NAACP Eugene-Springfield Branch #1119, NAACP Salem-Keizer Branch #1166, NAACP Portland Chapter 1120B, Black Millennial Movement, Unite Oregon, Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization, and Urban League of Portland.

Before Walters, Chief Justice, and Balmer, Flynn, Duncan, Nelson, and Garrett, Justices, and Baldwin, Senior Judge, Justice pro tempore.


Petitioner sought post-conviction relief on the ground that three of seven criminal convictions that resulted from her 2015 jury trial had been based on nonunanimous guilty verdicts and thus violated the rule announced in Ramos v. Louisiana, ___ U.S. ___, 140 S.Ct. 1390, 206 L. Ed. 2d 583...

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