CHP Opposes Oregon Court of Appeals Action in Burns Case.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2001

The Oregon Court of Appeals The Oregon Court of Appeals is the state intermediate appellate court in the U.S. state of Oregon. Except for death penalty cases, which are reserved to the Oregon Supreme Court, and tax court cases, it has jurisdiction to hear all civil and criminal appeals from circuit courts, action today blocking the return to California of the Oregon man convicted in the 1963 murder of a California Highway Patrol highway patrol
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A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officer is a severe disappointment to law enforcement, according to according to
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1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3. California Highway Patrol Commissioner D.O. "Spike" Helmick.

He had this statement:

"Staying the extradition of Robert Lee Robert Lee is the name of several people and could refer to:

Robert Lee (midwifery), Regius Professor of Midwifery, University of Glasgow
Robert E. Lee, Confederate general
Robert Edwin Lee, playwright
Robert Lee (mayor), mayor of Edmonton, Alberta

Burns is a slap in the face to law enforcement officers everywhere who risk their lives to protect the public. Burns has been free for 27 years without serving out the term imposed on him by California courts.

"The appellate court's action also prolongs the pain of the family of Officer Glenn Carlson, which has served its own term -- all those years deprived of a husband and father. Simple justice demands that this fugitive pay the penalty for murder."

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