280 Or. App. 92 - State v. Bevil’s Empirical Analysis
2016
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cited by 2 later decisions
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January 2019
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“" ORS 163.205(1)(b)(D) was enacted as part of a broader amendment to the criminal mistreatment statute to address the problem of elder abuse-particularly the 'abandonment and financial exploitation of elderly and dependent persons.' House Committee on Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Corrections, Staff Measure Summary, HB 2318, Feb. 22, 1993. Throughout the public testimony and the workgroup meetings, those in favor of the bill specifically identified the problem of financial 'exploitation.' * * * Moreover, in each of the examples provided to the House and Senate committees, or discussed by their members, financial 'exploitation' took the form of embezzlement or other acts that were taken without the knowledge or voluntary consent of the elderly person-such as when the elderly person's competency was compromised by Alzheimer's disease or other age-related factors. E.g. , Testimony, House Committee on Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Corrections, HB 2318, Feb. 22, 1993, Ex. B (statement of Pam Edens, Oregon Alzheimer's Public Policy Committee) ('Many persons make sales, target for contributions, or have possessions signed over when the person is not cognitively able to make such decisions.' * * * Testimony, House Committee on Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Corrections, HB 2318, Mar. 31, 1993, Ex. G (statement of Bertrand Copp) (describing the 'confidence game' whereby elderly persons are deceived by false promises that someone will care for them and are then left”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Tape Recording, House Committee on Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Corrections, HB 2318, Feb. 22, 1993, Tape 30, Side A (statement of Rep. Kate Brown). Cindy Nelson, a witness from Clackamas County Social Services who testified in support of the bill, described a scenario where a”
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