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Judge Donald Letourneau of Hillsboro, OR; lifetime porker, Dumbo

 
The state of Oregon presented Donald R. Letourneau with a law license in 1977 after he graduated from Georgetown University Law School.
 
For the past thirty-six (36) years, Donnie has had his significant snout firmly implanted in the public trough. Prior to duping the voters into electing him to the bench in 1992, Donnie spent the previous fifteen (15) years working for the Public Defender’s Office.
 
Apparently, no self respecting law firm in the greater Portland area was about to offer Donnie a good paying job over the past 36 years.
 
In one matter, Judge Letourneau presided over a case wherein a defendant had previously pleaded guilty to telephonically harassing her former husband’s girlfriend. The woman was later sentenced to one year of probation in accordance with a plea agreement.
 
Shortly before her conviction and sentencing, her former husband obtained a temporary stalking protective order (SPO) against her. A hearing for a permanent SPO was scheduled to be heard 18 days after she pleaded guilty to telephonic harassment. Both parties appeared for the hearing. The transcript of the hearing shows the following colloquy between Judge Letourneau and the parties:
 
Judge: This is the matter for a contested permanent staling protection order hearing. Mr. May [ex-husband] is present without counsel. The defendant is present with Mr. Dean.
Mr. Dean: Yes, Your Honor.
Judge: As you know, Mr. May, the defendant has been convicted of telephonic harassment. She is on probation and she has a no-contact order vis-à-vis you and your girlfriend. You are aware of that?
Mr. Dean: Yes.
Judge: One option is to extend this to five years… Would it be acceptable if I simply extended the probation for five years and kept a no-contact order vis-à-vis you and your girlfriend in place for that term?
Mr. May: Yes, it would.
Defendant: It would not be acceptable, Your Honor.
Judge: “You don’t have a say in it. I can do that on my own. You can object, which I guess you just did, but I’m going to do it anyway.”
Defendant: “I’m not allowed, Your Honor, to present the evidence?”
Judge: “We can call the Sheriff if you want to keep talking. Mr. Dean, did you want to say something?”
 
After the hearing concluded, the defendant filed an appeal of Judge Letourneau’s order extending the probation period of 5 years. The Court of Appeals found that the Letourneau had abused his discretion and overturned his 5 year probationary order.
 
The Appellate Court went on to state:
  • It was impermissible [illegal] for Letourneau to extend probation in lieu of conducting an SPO hearing altogether unless both parties agreed to do so. I
  • In this matter, the defendant clearly objected to any extension of her probation in lieu of a hearing. In fact, she was prepared with evidence to defend against the stalking allegations.
  • It follows that the trial court’s order constituted an abuse of discretion and that the order must be reversed.
Unfortunately, the taxpayers were forced to pay for the gross incompetence of Judge Letourneau who clearly does not possess the intelligence to sit in judgment of anyone. Put simply, this Dumbo should be disqualified to sit on the bench due to the fact that he isn’t able to grasp the basic concept of “due process.”
 
As we speak (ca. December 2013), Judge Letourneau continues to sit as a Circuit Court Judge in Washington County, Oregon.
 
 

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