Measure 11 Cases

The law firm of Ray Bassel has handled more than 100 Oregon Measure 11 cases in Washington and Tillamook counties.

Oregon voters approved Measure 11 in November 1994 to apply minimum mandatory sentences with no possibility of a reduction in sentence for the following offenses:

• Murder
• Attempted Murder
• Attempted Aggravated Murder
• Assault I & II
• Manslaughter I & II
• Kidnapping I & II
• Rape I & II
• Sodomy I & II
• Sexual Penetration I & II
• Robbery I & II
• Sexual Abuse I
• Arson I
• Compelling Prostitution
• Use of Child in Display of Sex Act

Few people understand how serious an Oregon Measure 11 charge is until they end up sitting in a local jail, facing a sentence of from 70 months to 120 months or longer.

If you face an Oregon Measure 11 charge, call us before you talk to anyone else. We will:

• Put a layer of insulation between you and the police so that all contacts will have to go through us.
• Get in touch with the district attorney and obtain all of the information about your case that we are entitled to have.
• Be present when the police investigate your case.
• Use our own team of investigators and forensics specialists to challenge the state’s evidence and present mitigating evidence to support your case.
• Look into background of the person who is making the accusation against you.
• Minimize the charges to a non Measure 11 case through plea negotiations if appropriate.
• Prepare your case for trail and provide you a vigorous courtroom defense.

Representing defendants Oregon Measure 11 cases in Washington and Tillamook County, Oregon, including Portland, Hillsboro, Beaverton, Tigard, Aloha, Garibaldi and Rockaway Beach.

Contact Measure 11 Case Attorney Ray Bassel