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AFPD murdered in Portland OR

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

An Assistant Federal Public Defender in Portland OR, Nancy Bergeson, was found murdered in her home last week. Because she is a federal employee, the FBI is investigating. Michael Levine, former AFPD in Portland, posted on the NACDL List Serv that she was fearless in representing her clients. See United States v. Bergeson (In re Bergeson), 425 F.3d 1221 (9th Cir. 2005), Lexis overview: OVERVIEW: The dispute over the subpoena came about because the attorney's client jumped bail. To prove that the client had knowledge of the trial date - an element of bail jumping - the government subpoenaed the attorney in the hope that she would testify to the grand jury that she told the client of the trial date. The district court found that there was no compelling purpose in issuing the subpoena to the attorney to testify before the grand jury that could outweigh the interest in maintaining continuity of the attorney-client relationship...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on November 30, 2009 (boomark / email).