As his defense attorney pushed on Monday to disqualify the judge now assigned to hear his case, Eric C. Stearns, a choir instructor at St. Helens High School who is accused of sexually abusing students and others, will stay in detention without bond until a future hearing.
Jennifer L. Myrick, the attorney for Stearns, requested that an independent judge hear oral arguments on her third move to remove Columbia County Circuit Judge Nickolas Brajcich from Stearns’ case, which resulted in the postponement of his preventative detention hearing to reconsider bail for a second time on Monday.
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Maxine Bernstein
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St. Helens High choir teacher s release hearing postponed after his defense lawyer raises concern about judge
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Convicted murderer Mark Wilson walks out of prison after just over 35 years behind bars in notorious central Oregon killings
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Convicted kidnapper Negasi Zuberi attempted a 2nd escape from jail, prosecutor says
