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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1985)
< } I S 3 Court presents orientation session to Tribal Council pilyay tym oo September 13,1985 Page 3 I 1 « ^ i^ t^ l^ ydU ^ S t^ ^ kT r^ li i U^ th^COU^ Oria^ iO',d a y ii rJi ' ,i a!.CouncUwtts Officer Bruce Fones. Court recorder Michele M cC ool performed her normal job duties. H ere on the W arm Springs reservation everyohe is entitled to th eir day in c o u rt and to ensure th a t people have their day, plus have som e knowledge o f how the c o u rt system w orks, a day-long orientation was held. It was the first tim e th a t the co u rt system was explored by the T rib al C ouncil an d m an agem ent in an o rien tatio n p ro gram . C hief judge R ichard F red er ick held the training A ugust 29. E ach o f th e departm ents affi- lated w ith the co u rt presented a demonstration of how their depart ment worked. Departments partic ipating were th e judges, co u rt c o m p lia n c e , c o u r t re c o r d s , intake, legal aid advocate, parole and p ro b atio n , juvenile coordi- antors, lead clerks, appeals clerks and probate. Listed on the day ’s agenda were a show cause hearing; sen tencing hearing;not-guilty hear ing; court compliance work sta tio n ; filia tio n h earing; c o u rt intake; arraignm ents; trial p ro ceedings; revocation hearing; no b a il/n o bond hearings; parole hearing; juvenile co o rd in a to r role; custody hearing; case p ro ceeding; appeals co u rt process ing; probate; parole and p ro b a tion department; legal aide depart m ent; and juvenile n ot guilty hearing. T he goal o f the orientation was to acq u ain t m anagem ent and T ribal „Council w ith the c o u rt system and how the new code has been im plem ented into the system. D uring all presenta tions a tim e was given fo r ques tions an d answ ers. U nlike a court hearing p articipants were able to stop proceedings to ask questions. O ne area th a t drew a good deal o f atten tio n was the bail and bond law. In the past, en rolled m em bers were able to sign bonds a t the jail. T h at has been changed and they m ust now sign in fro n t o f a judge. This is so th at people who do sign fully u n d erstan d they are guaranteeing the defen d an t will be in co u rt and if n o t then the signers o f th e bond are respon sible fo r the bail. In th e past people w ould sign an d then become angry because they were held responsible. W ith the sign ing in fro n t o f a ju d g e Who explains th e term s there have been fewer problem s since the new policy w ent into effect. D efendants w ho fail to appear th en lose the right to have bail posted or bonds signed. This is to ensure they will be in co u rt w hen th e d ate has been set. People have always felt they had the right to bail o r bond and in some cases this is not true. P eople w ho fail to appear lose th eir right to a trial by jury. So it is im p o rtan t people un d er stand their role as a defendant. People w ho sign bonds m ust be trib al m em bers w ho do no t owe any m onies to the co u rt system. T he arraig n m en t procedure is a tim e when the defendant is read his rights and w hat he is charged with. T he person is th en asked to plead w hether he is guilty o r n o t guilty. The role o f the juvenile coor d in a to r’s office was explained. D ave H arding, juvenile coordi n a to r and juvenile co o rd in ato r trainee N ancy C ochran were in troduced and th eir jo b s and case loads were expanded upon. H arding explained th e coordi n a to r’s d ep artm en t is the new est d ep artm en t in the co u rt sys tem. It w orks w ith juveniles in need of supervision, abused child Legal aid dep artm en t and its ren, neglected children, child function were also explained ren with behavior problems, adop ¡apd w h a t'th e ir role is in the tions, and short term custody réservation ju dical system. The placem ents. A t this tim e, the prosecutor’s role within the court co o rd in ato r’s d ep artm en t is lo and police d e p a rtm e n t were cated in th e counseling center covered in detail.'* (qld girls dorm ). They w ork A highlight in the day-long w ith various d epartm ents in the o rien tatio n Was the m ock trial hopes of diverting children from which was held fo r participants being in court. It is th e goal to to see how the system w orked. identify problem s before they The various m em bers of the become m ajor. This often means departm ents p articipated in the w orking w ith the schools, day mock trial. Several times during care, and youth services. th eco u rt presentations members P ap o Cruz, head o f the T ri m anagem ent and council asked bal parole and probation depart questions seeking a fuller under m ent an d oth er staff m em bers standing o f th e i co u rt and its presented a brief sum m ary of departm ents. w hat the departm ent providess ; A ccording to judge Frederick to the co u rt and various d ep art it is hoped th a t th é co u rt will be m ents w ithin the trib al struc able to have m ore Orientations ture. E arlier this year the offic scheduled both for the Council ers o f the parole and p ro b atio n and com m unity members. These d ep artm en t were sw orn in as orientations days will be printed officers of the court thus giving in the Spilyay Tymoo for peo- the department more authority. pie wh o a're irTterffsre'd' irf'h ^ ' The officers ena now m ake home coming more knowledgeable in visits and have the pow er of system. prfest. Tent meeting set Septem ber 16 thro u g h 18 is the d ate set fo r a te n t meeting sponsored by All Tribes C hris tian Life C enter. Two miles south o f W apato, W ashington has been designated as the site' fo r the meeting. F eatu red will be D enney Du* ron, form er college and world football league player and cur rent T.V, personality, evange listand recording artist; DeAnza D u ro n , reco rd in g a rtis t an d speaker; and Joy, a music group ” com posed o f Reggie W atkins, Nancy Cochran, juvenile coordinator trainee and Dave Harding, Teddy Grover and Dianne Redic who have appeared in concerts juvenile coordinator, have been working with troubled juveniles in and T.V. shows th roughout the Warm Springs since April. Their office is located on the second u.s. , ,Meetings,will begin at 7 p.m. each evening. floor o f the old girl's dorm. An open house is plannedfor F riday,. September 20 beginning a t3 p.m. Those who attend are required, or at least encouraged, to bring a plant or poster to help decorate their offices. Public conscious of drinking, driving laws The follow ing statistics were com piled fro m th e P ro secu to r’s daily ¡log. T he W arm Springs T ribal Prosecutor keeps an accu rate com pilation o f cases going to co u rt as new charges, trials,, and sentencings. The following statistical inform atio n has been com piled with the intent of determining w hether o r n o t the bail and bond proce dure in effect a t this tim e has been effective in deterring thè contem pt o f c o u rt com plaints th at have plagued the co u rt in the past because of defendants n o t appearing as scheduled or bonded to appear. T h e in fo rm a tio h has been tak en from m onthly log ehtries w ith regard to the tim e-frajne in which the new b ail and bond procedure to o k effect on M arch 23, 1985. T he corresponding tim e-fram e from 1984 was util ized so th a t a general com pari son can be draw n betw een last year’s stats with the old bonding procedure in effect and this year’s status w ith the new bail and bond procedure. The inform ation was gathered with the intent of focusing upon the cases th at are the bulk of the T ribal C o u rt’s caseload, that' being of alcohol-related offenses; i.e., D U II, L iq u o r Viôlations, and D isorderly C onduct. M uch m ore energy and tim e would be necessary to com pile inform a tion regarding the entire array o f the c o u rt’s caseload; furth erm ore, m any cases occur so infrequently th a t their num bers would be insignificant for the purposes and intent described above. T he in fo rm atio h th a t can be Spilyay Tym oo photo courtesy o f BIB M art holler obtained from thé stats indi Preparing fo r surgery, P a t Leno-Baker donates blood which she cates th a t there is a shift in thé vill use fo r herself if needed. B lood is usually donated fo r general num ber of charges being brought tse but use may be specified by donor. PapoCruzactedouttheroleofdefendantwhowaschargedwithdrivingundertheinfluence.H ewas defended by legal aide Spud Langnese. Tribal prosecutor Paul Minthorn presented the case against Cruz. The trial was without jury. Cruz lost his ease. to-the p o u rt in 1985 th an in the previous year, which, pan be attrib u ted to the T ribal C o u rt’s ability to get a defendant before a judge to answ er to a charge in a much more controiled fashion. The W arm Springs Police Depart m ent has also noticed a decline in' the num ber o f people stopped oh traffic stops th at have a “drinking driver?’ The people are still o u t th ere d rin k in g , however, since the im plem enta tion o f the new consequences of bond procedure, the public is very cautious and Conscious of the Consequences of drinking and driving, w hich is oh the rise in the num ber of contacts the police m ake with th e com m un ity th a t h av e an au to m o b ile full of intoxiated citizens with the exception o f the driver. Finally, m any m ore people are pleading guilty to the charges that they have during the arraign m ent stage of their court proT ceedings. W hether or not his can be attributed to the new bail and bond procedure rem ains to be seen, as the tim e-fram e th at these status have been compiled upon are really not enough to draw solid conclusions. A guess Would b e th a t m any people w ould gather n o t take anym ore' time than is necesary to get their dealings with the law over with - and an y hopes of “beating the, ra p p ” are not there anym ore,, prim arily because the defend an t did not and will n ot post the«; bail to get out ;of jail, he would I m uch rath e r sib it out until, lie dôes.get before the judge in the hopes th a t his tim e in jail will count fo r something. Again, these stats include ohly the dates from M arch 23,1984, through July 15,1984 and March 23,1985, through July 1 5 ,1985J ' T xTRlMiPKOSECUTION StATIS3iI|g1984 &■ 1985 JMUARY.THR^JUNE Represents ¿the Tibial crim inal chargés arraigned 'for'.the m , c W. ges ;<¿ fe re b seats/ th e to ta l o f charges where alcoholand druas are d ire c tly o ectly related to the crime, suspect -is under the influence o f ale c a controlled substance*. | A ..........3 1 " 'A p ril ' ........16 .¿ D Ù IÏ;;\. «.Ì4&I4 - May sentk the number of ;O0ir bases* ffor 'tha.t month. I / D U II':... ■y ..........7 July , - to ta l; ÍÍU1I'' .cases - j 56 .42% Tevier.iQUIIxase# same time ñ -'pf .pl.badi nps; ¿at ,a imfent tf b f ’ ÒÙII charges ■ 02-23-?€¿.>throuqh 07-Ì&-84 , 52*, Peoreáge • • D U II.; 6 • i 56% ;.....5 March , ; Appii ? •D U II....’. ü ! 50% ...... 9 ' 33% ....1 4 382. ..........1 July 03-^2*85. thfcòuqffffi)Ìfel5i-;85.? ; 33%-Increase • • .k à rc h -,, ^DUI'I;.^;.# ..........1 b y t i. A . v A p ril ” Mav June S i 23, 1984' - M y 15 . ,1984 ■> 31% D U II,.... . . . . . .9 D U II...? i ^ D U IIih 65% - i l l ..........4 S H E March 23. 1985 - July 15, 19Ô5; I LIQUOR VIOLATIONS ANO DISORDERLY CONDUCT | March' XV/0C*.If.',.-/. Apri l WLV/DÇc'i .May ’ , W '¿Jgf/DC;.'. .LV/DÇ..
