Oregon Supreme Court rebukes attorney who didn’t seek mistrial for man shackled outside courtroom

States Newsroom · October 5, 2026

The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that an attorney representing a Multnomah County man whom jurors saw shackled outside of a courtroom during his criminal trial should have sought a mistrial, expanding defendants’ right to not be seen with restraints before conviction. In a 68-page decision last week with one justice…

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