State v. Benton

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that civil contempt procedure under former ORS 161.685, amended by Or Laws 1991, ch 724, § 27a, did not expose the defendant to criminal liability and, therefore, did not implicate the constitutional right against self-incrimination
• contempt penalty is criminal “when it is imposed for a completed contempt that no longer can be avoided by belated compliance”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Thompson
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1983-02-23· cited 53×
• State Ex Rel. Hathaway v. Hart
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1985-11-05· cited 29×
• State v. Benton
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1990-04-25· cited 4×
• State v. Benton
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1990-07-25· cited 3×