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KOUNS v. ROBERTS

SC S31826 (Control); SC S31827.

704 P.2d 100 (1985)

299 Or. 487

Robert KOUNS, Petitioner, James D. Lang, Intervenor, v. Barbara ROBERTS, Secretary of State of the State of Oregon, Respondent, James D. Lang, Individually, and in His Capacity As Chair of the Criminal Justice Committee of the Portland Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, Petitioners, Robert Kouns, Intervenor, v. Barbara Roberts, Secretary of State of the State of Oregon, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided July 23, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Bennett, Portland, filed the petition argued the cause for petitioner/intervenor Kouns.

Leland R. Berger and Kirsten J. Bey, Portland, argued the cause for intervenor/petitioner Lang. With them on the petition and intervenor's brief was Rieke, Geil & Savage, P.C., Portland.

Jonathan H. Fussner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., James E. Mountain, Jr., Sol. Gen., and John A. Reuling, Jr., Salem, filed answering memoranda.

CARSON, Justice.

This is a consolidated case in which petitioners Lang and Kouns challenge the ballot title prepared by the Attorney General for an initiative measure that would make numerous statutory changes in the criminal law relating to trial procedure, evidence, sentencing and parole. Many of the changes expand the role of crime victims in the criminal justice process. One provision increases victims' rights to compensation.

Petitioner Lang, individually...

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