Oregon Statutes - Chapter 137 - Judgment and Execution; Parole and Probation by the Court

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137.010 Duty of court to ascertain and impose punishment.
(1) The statutes that define offenses impose a duty upon the court having jurisdiction to pass sentence in accordance with this section or, for felonies...
137.012 Suspension of imposition or execution of sentence of person convicted of certain sexual offenses; term of probation.
If the court suspends the imposition or execution of a part of a sentence of, or imposes a sentence of probation on, any person convicted...
137.013 Appearance by victim at time of sentencing.
At the time of sentencing, the victim or the victim’s next of kin has the right to appear personally or by counsel, and has the...
137.015 [1971 c.328 §1; 1973 c.346 §1; 1979 c.341 §1; 1983 c.125 §1; 1985 c.277 §1; 1989 c.844 §1; repealed by 1987 c.905 §37]
137.017 Disposition of fines, costs and forfeited security deposits received by court.
Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all fines, costs and forfeited security deposits ordered paid in criminal actions and proceedings, as defined in ORS...
137.020 Time for pronouncing judgment; delay; notice of right to appeal.
(1) After a plea or verdict of guilty, or after a verdict against the defendant on a plea of former conviction or acquittal, if the...
137.030 Presence of defendant at pronouncement of judgment.
For the purpose of giving judgment, if the conviction is for: (1) A felony, the defendant shall be personally present. (2) A misdemeanor, judgment may...
137.040 Bringing defendant in custody to pronouncement of judgment.
If the defendant is in custody, the court shall: (1) Direct the officer in whose custody the defendant is to bring the defendant before the...
137.050 Nonattendance or nonappearance of released defendant when attendance required by court.
(1) If the defendant has been released on a release agreement or security deposit and does not appear for judgment when personal attendance is required...
137.060 Form of bench warrant.
The bench warrant shall be substantially in the following form: ______________________________________________________________________________ CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF ______, STATE OF OREGON IN THE NAME OF...
137.070 Counties to which bench warrant may issue; service.
The bench warrant mentioned in ORS 137.050 may issue to one or more counties of the state and may be served in the same manner...
137.071 Requirements for judgment documents.
(1) The judge in a criminal action shall ensure that the creation and filing of a judgment document complies with this section. On appeal, the...
137.072 [1967 c.585 §2; repealed by 1973 c.836 §358]
137.073 [1989 c.472 §3; repealed by 2003 c.576 §580]
137.074 Fingerprints of convicted felons and certain misdemeanants required.
When a person is convicted of a felony, a Class A misdemeanor or a sex crime, as defined in ORS 181.594, the court shall ensure...
137.075 [1967 c.585 §3; 1971 c.743 §323; repealed by 1973 c.836 §358]
137.076 Blood or buccal sample and thumbprint of certain convicted defendants required; application.
(1) This section applies to any person convicted of: (a) A felony; (b) Sexual abuse in the third degree or public indecency; (c) Conspiracy or...
137.077 Presentence report; general principles of disclosure.
The presentence report is not a public record and shall be available only to: (1) The sentencing court for the purpose of assisting the court...
137.079 Presentence report; other writings considered in imposing sentence; disclosure to parties; court’s authority to except parts from disclosure.
(1) A copy of the presentence report and all other written information concerning the defendant that the court considers in the imposition of sentence shall...
137.080 Consideration of circumstances in aggravation or mitigation of punishment.
(1) After a plea or verdict of guilty, or after a verdict against the defendant on a plea of former conviction or acquittal, in a...
137.085 Age and physical disability of victim as factors in sentencing.
When a court sentences a defendant convicted of any crime involving a physical or sexual assault, the court shall give consideration to a victim’s particular...
137.090 Considerations in determining aggravation or mitigation.
(1) In determining aggravation or mitigation, the court shall consider: (a) Any evidence received during the proceeding; (b) The presentence report, where one is available;...
137.100 Defendant as witness in relation to circumstances.
If the defendant consents thereto, the defendant may be examined as a witness in relation to the circumstances which are alleged to justify aggravation or...
137.101 Compensatory fine.
(1) Whenever the court imposes a fine as penalty for the commission of a crime resulting in injury for which the person injured by the...
137.103 Definitions for ORS 137.101 to 137.109.
As used in ORS 137.101 to 137.109, 161.675 and 161.685: (1) “Criminal activities” means any offense with respect to which the defendant is convicted or...
137.106 Restitution to victims; objections by defendant.
(1) When a person is convicted of a crime, or a violation as described in ORS 153.008, that has resulted in economic damages, the district...
137.107 Authority of court to amend part of judgment relating to restitution.
At any time after entry of a judgment upon conviction of a crime, the court may amend that part of the judgment relating to restitution...
137.109 Effect of restitution order on other remedies of victim; credit of restitution against subsequent civil judgment; effect of criminal judgment on subsequent civil action.
(1) Nothing in ORS 137.103 to 137.109, 137.540, 144.102, 144.275, 161.675 and 161.685 limits or impairs the right of a person injured by a defendant’s...
137.110 [Repealed by 1973 c.836 §358]
137.111 [1955 c.636 §3; 1961 c.424 §1; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
137.112 [1953 c.641 §2; 1955 c.252 §1; 1955 c.636 §1; 1961 c.424 §2; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
137.113 [1953 c.641 §3; 1955 c.252 §2; 1961 c.424 §3; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
137.114 [1953 c.641 §4; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
137.115 [1953 c.641 §5; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
137.116 [1953 c.641 §6; 1955 c.252 §3; 1955 c.636 §2; repealed by 1961 c.424 §9]
137.117 [1955 c.636 §10; 1961 c.266 §1; 1961 c.424 §4; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
137.118 Assignment of judgments for collection of monetary obligation; costs of collection.
(1) Judgments in criminal actions that impose monetary obligations, including judgments requiring the payment of fines, costs, assessments, compensatory fines, attorney fees, forfeitures or restitution,...
137.119 [1963 c.320 §1; 1969 c.502 §3; 1969 c.597 §124; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
137.120 Term of sentence; reasons to be stated on record.
(1) Whenever any person is convicted of a felony committed prior to November 1, 1989, the court shall, unless it imposes other than a sentence...
137.121 Maximum consecutive sentences.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, but subject to ORS 161.605, the maximum consecutive sentences which may be imposed for felonies committed on or after...
137.122 [1985 c.722 §2; repealed by 1991 c.67 §28]
137.123 Provisions relating to concurrent and consecutive sentences.
(1) A sentence imposed by the court may be made concurrent or consecutive to any other sentence which has been previously imposed or is simultaneously...
137.124 Commitment of defendant to Department of Corrections or county; place of confinement; transfer of inmates; juveniles.
(1) If the court imposes a sentence upon conviction of a felony that includes a term of incarceration that exceeds 12 months: (a) The court...
137.125 [1955 c.660 §3; repealed by 1967 c.585 §8]
137.126 Definitions for ORS 137.126 to 137.131.
As used in ORS 137.126 to 137.131: (1) “Community service” means uncompensated labor for an agency whose purpose is to enhance physical or mental stability,...
137.127 [1955 c.660 §5; repealed by 1967 c.585 §8]
137.128 Community service as part of sentence; effect of failure to perform community service.
(1) A judge may sentence an offender to community service either as an alternative to incarceration or fine or probation, or as a condition of...
137.129 Length of community service sentence.
The length of a community service sentence shall be within these limits: (1) For a violation, not more than 48 hours. (2) For a misdemeanor...
137.130 [Repealed by 1987 c.550 §5]
137.131 Community service as condition of probation for offense involving graffiti.
(1) The court shall impose community service as a condition of a probation sentence when a person is convicted of criminal mischief and the conduct...
137.138 Forfeiture of weapons and revocation of hunting license for certain convictions.
(1) In addition to and not in lieu of any other sentence it may impose, a court shall require a defendant convicted under ORS 164.365,...
137.140 Imprisonment when county jail is not suitable for safe confinement.
Whenever it appears to the court that there is no sufficient jail of the proper county, as provided in ORS 137.330, suitable for the confinement...
137.150 [Amended by 1959 c.530 §1; 1969 c.511 §2; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
137.160 [Repealed by 1961 c.520 §1]
137.170 Entry of judgment in criminal action.
When judgment in a criminal action is given, the clerk shall enter the same in the register. If the judgment is upon a determination of...
137.175 Judgment in criminal action that effects release of defendant; delivery to sheriff.
Whenever a judgment in a criminal action will effect the immediate release of a defendant by discharge, probation, sentence to time served, or otherwise, the...
137.180 [Amended by 1987 c.709 §2; 1989 c.472 §5; 1995 c.658 §77; 1997 c.801 §62; 1999 c.1051 §126; repealed by 2003 c.576 §580]
137.183 Interest on judgments; waiver; payments.
(1)(a) Criminal judgments bear interest at the rate provided by ORS 82.010. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, criminal judgments bear interest...
137.190 [Repealed by 1959 c.558 §32 (137.220 enacted in lieu of 137.190)]
137.200 [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
137.205 [1963 c.600 §12; 1967 c.372 §3; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
137.210 Taxation of costs against complainant.
(1) If it is found by any justice or court trying the action or hearing the proceeding that the prosecution is malicious or without probable...
137.220 Clerk to prepare trial court file.
In every criminal proceeding, the clerk shall attach together and file in the office of the clerk, in the order of their filing, all the...
137.225 Order setting aside conviction or record of arrest; fees; prerequisites; limitations.
(1)(a) At any time after the lapse of three years from the date of pronouncement of judgment, any defendant who has fully complied with and...
137.227 Evaluation after conviction to determine if defendant is alcoholic or drug-dependent person; agencies to perform evaluation.
(1) After a defendant has been convicted of a crime, the court may cause the defendant to be evaluated to determine if the defendant is...
137.228 Finding that defendant is alcoholic or drug-dependent person; effect.
(1) When a defendant is sentenced for a crime, the court may enter a finding that the defendant is an alcoholic or a drug-dependent person,...
137.229 Duty of Department of Corrections.
The Department of Corrections, to the extent that funds are available, shall expand existing and establish new treatment programs for alcohol and drug dependency. [1991...
137.230 Definitions for ORS 137.260.
As used in ORS 137.260, “conviction” or “convicted” means an adjudication of guilt upon a verdict or finding entered in a criminal proceeding in a...
137.240 [Formerly 421.110; 1973 c.56 §1; 1973 c.836 §266; 1974 c.36 §2; repealed by 1975 c.781 §10]
137.250 [Formerly 421.112; 1973 c.836 §267; repealed by 1975 c.781 §10]
137.260 Political rights restored to persons convicted of felony before August 9, 1961, and subsequently discharged.
Any person convicted of a felony prior to August 9, 1961, and subsequently discharged from probation, parole or imprisonment prior to or after August 9,...
137.270 Effect of felony conviction on property of defendant.
No conviction of any person for crime works any forfeiture of any property, except in cases where the same is expressly provided by law; but...
137.275 Effect of felony conviction on civil and political rights of felon.
Except as otherwise provided by law, a person convicted of a felony does not suffer civil death or disability, or sustain loss of civil rights...
137.280 [1975 c.781 §2; repealed by 1983 c.515 §1 (137.281 enacted in lieu of 137.280)]
137.281 Withdrawal of rights during term of imprisonment; restoration of rights.
(1) In any felony case, when the court sentences the defendant to a term of imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections and...
137.285 Retained rights of felon; regulation of exercise.
ORS 137.275 to 137.285 do not deprive the Director of the Department of Corrections, or the director’s authorized agents, of the authority to regulate the...
137.290 Unitary assessment; amount; waiver.
(1) In all cases of conviction for the commission of a crime or violation, excluding parking violations, the trial court, whether a circuit, justice or...
137.293 All monetary obligations constitute single obligation on part of convicted person.
All fines, costs, assessments, restitution, compensatory fines and other monetary obligations imposed upon a convicted person in a circuit, justice or municipal court, shall constitute...
137.295 Categories of monetary obligations; order of crediting moneys received.
(1) When a defendant convicted of a crime or violation in the circuit, justice or municipal court, or allowed diversion in such a case, makes...
137.300 Criminal Fine and Assessment Account; rules.
(1) The Criminal Fine and Assessment Account is established in the General Fund of the State Treasury. All moneys in the account are continuously appropriated...
137.301 Legislative findings.
The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) Systems critical components of the Oregon criminal justice system exist that require the highest priority considerations for funding from...
137.302 [2001 c.829 §2; repealed by 2005 c.700 §3]
137.303 [1987 c.905 §7; 1989 c.904 §49; 1991 c.460 §2; 1993 c.741 §1; 1993 c.770 §§2,4; 1995 c.555 §§2,3; 1997 c.872 §28; 1999 c.1056 §§2,2c; 1999 c.1084 §38; 2001 c.624 §13; repealed by 2001 c.829 §10]
137.304 [1999 c.1095 §8; 1999 c.1095 §§9,10,11; repealed by 2001 c.829 §10]
137.305 [1987 c.905 §8; 1991 c.460 §15; 1993 c.637 §4; 1993 c.770 §6; 1995 c.440 §2; 1997 c.872 §29; 1999 c.867 §9; repealed by 2001 c.829 §10]
137.306 [1989 c.860 §§1,6; 1993 c.14 §5; repealed by 1993 c.196 §12]
137.307 [1989 c.860 §§2,3,5; 1991 c.203 §1; repealed by 1993 c.196 §12]
137.308 Authorized uses of assessments.
(1) The county treasurer shall deposit 60 percent of the moneys received under ORS 137.309 (6), (8) and (9) into the general fund of the...
137.309 County assessment; amount; collection; distribution.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, whenever a circuit or municipal court or a justice of a justice court imposes a...
137.310 Authorizing execution of judgment; detention of defendant.
(1) When a judgment has been pronounced, a certified copy of the entry thereof in the register shall be forthwith furnished by the clerk to...
137.315 Electronic telecommunication of notice of judgment authorized.
Whenever it is necessary that a copy of the entry of judgment against a defendant be delivered to the Department of Corrections or any other...
137.320 Delivery of defendant when committed to Department of Corrections; credit on sentence.
(1) When a judgment includes commitment to the legal and physical custody of the Department of Corrections, the sheriff shall deliver the defendant, together with...
137.330 Where judgment of imprisonment in county jail is executed.
(1) Except as provided in ORS 137.333, 137.140 or 423.478, a judgment of imprisonment in the county jail shall be executed by confinement in the...
137.333 Exception to ORS 137.330.
Whenever a judge sentences a person to a term of incarceration in a county jail, the judgment may be executed by confinement in another county...
137.340 [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
137.350 [Repealed by 1987 c.247 §1]
137.360 [Repealed by 1987 c.247 §1]
137.370 Commencement and computation of term of imprisonment in state penal or correctional institution; sentences concurrent unless court orders otherwise.
(1) When a person is sentenced to imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections, the term of confinement therein commences from the day...
137.372 Credit for time served as part of probationary sentence.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 137.370 (2)(a), an offender who has been revoked from a probationary sentence for a felony committed on or after...
137.375 Release of prisoners whose terms expire on weekends or legal holidays.
When the date of release from imprisonment of any prisoner in an adult correctional facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, or any...
137.380 Discipline, treatment and employment of prisoners.
A judgment of commitment to the custody of the Department of Corrections need only specify the duration of confinement as provided in ORS 137.120. Thereafter...
137.390 Commencement, term and termination of term of imprisonment in county jail; treatment of prisoners therein.
The commencement, term and termination of a sentence of imprisonment in the county jail is to be ascertained by the rule prescribed in ORS 137.370,...
137.400 [Amended by 1953 c.104 §2; 1955 c.662 §6; repealed by 1967 c.372 §13]
137.410 [Repealed by 1967 c.372 §13]
137.420 [Repealed by 1967 c.372 §13]
137.430 [Repealed by 1967 c.372 §13]
137.440 Return by officer executing judgment; annexation to trial court file.
When a judgment in a criminal action has been executed, the sheriff or officer executing it shall return to the clerk the warrant or copy...
137.450 Enforcement of money judgment in criminal action.
A judgment against the defendant or complainant in a criminal action, so far as it requires the payment of a fine, fee, assessment, costs and...
137.452 Satisfaction of monetary obligation imposed as part of sentence; release of judgment lien from real property; authority of Attorney General.
When a person is convicted of an offense and sentenced to pay any monetary obligation, the following provisions apply to obtaining a satisfaction of the...
137.460 [Renumbered 137.270]
137.463 Death warrant hearing; death warrant.
(1) When a sentence of death is pronounced, the clerk of the court shall deliver a copy of the judgment of conviction and sentence of...
137.464 Administrative assessment of defendant’s mental capacity.
(1)(a) At the death warrant hearing under ORS 137.463, the court shall order that the Department of Human Services or its designee perform an assessment...
137.465 [1979 c.2 §5; repealed by 1981 c.873 §9]
137.466 Judicial determination of defendant’s mental capacity.
(1) If the court has ordered the Department of Human Services to perform a competency assessment of the defendant under ORS 137.464 and the assessment...
137.467 Delivery of warrant when place of trial changed.
If the place of trial has been changed, the death warrant shall be delivered to the sheriff of the county in which the defendant was...
137.470 [1979 c.2 §6; repealed by 1981 c.873 §9]
137.473 Means of inflicting death; place and procedures; acquisition of lethal substance.
(1) The punishment of death shall be inflicted by the intravenous administration of a lethal quantity of an ultra-short-acting barbiturate in combination with a chemical...
137.475 [1979 c.2 §7; repealed by 1981 c.873 §9]
137.476 Assistance by licensed health care professional or nonlicensed medically trained person.
(1) Notwithstanding any other law, a licensed health care professional or a nonlicensed medically trained person may assist the Department of Corrections in an execution...
137.478 Return of death warrant after execution of sentence of death.
Not later than 30 days after the execution of a sentence of death under ORS 137.473, the superintendent of the correctional institution where the sentence...
137.482 Service of documents on defendant.
A copy of any document filed in any of the following proceedings shall be served personally on the defendant, even if the defendant is represented...
137.510 [Amended by 1955 c.660 §18; 1955 c.688 §1; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
137.520 Power of committing magistrate to parole and grant temporary release to persons confined in county jail; authority of sheriff to release county jail inmates; disposition of work release earnings.
(1) The committing magistrate, having sentenced a defendant to confinement in a county jail for a period of up to one year, or as provided...
137.523 Custody of person sentenced to confinement as condition of probation.
For felonies committed on or after November 1, 1989: (1) When the judge sentences the defendant to confinement in a county jail as a condition...
137.525 Probation for person convicted of crime described in ORS 163.305 to 163.467; examination; report; written consent of convicted person.
(1) If a person pleads guilty or no contest to, or is found guilty of, a crime described in ORS 163.305 to 163.467, and if...
137.530 Investigation and report of parole and probation officers; statement of victim.
(1) Parole and probation officers, when directed by the court, shall fully investigate and report to the court in writing on the circumstances of the...
137.533 Probation without entering judgment of guilt; when appropriate; effect of violating condition of probation.
(1) Whenever a person pleads guilty to or is found guilty of a misdemeanor other than driving while under the influence of intoxicants or other...
137.540 Conditions of probation; evaluation and treatment; effect of failure to abide by conditions; modification.
(1) The court may sentence the defendant to probation subject to the following general conditions unless specifically deleted by the court. The probationer shall: (a)...
137.545 Period of probation; discharge from probation; proceedings in case of violation of conditions.
(1) Subject to the limitations in ORS 137.010 and to rules of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission for felonies committed on or after November 1,...
137.547 Consolidation of probation violation proceedings; rules.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may make rules or issue orders under ORS 1.002 to establish...
137.550 [Amended by 1955 c.688 §2; 1965 c.346 §2; 1971 c.743 §326; 1987 c.908 §1; 1989 c.790 §17; 1991 c.196 §2; 1993 c.14 §12; 1993 c.581 §2; 1993 c.680 §17; 1997 c.313 §11; 1999 c.614 §2; renumbered 137.545 in 1999]
137.551 Revocation of probationary sentences; release dates; rules.
(1) The State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision shall adopt rules to establish release dates for revocations of probationary sentences imposed for felonies committed...
137.553 Use of citations for probation violations authorized.
(1) In addition to any authority granted under ORS 137.545, a court may authorize the use of citations to direct its probationers who violate conditions...
137.557 Citation; procedure; contents.
(1) If a citation is issued under ORS 137.553, the officer who issues the citation shall serve one copy of the citation to the probationer...
137.560 Copies of certain judgments to be sent to Department of Corrections.
Within 10 days following the issuing of any judgment of suspension of imposition or execution of sentence or of probation of any person convicted of...
137.570 Authority to transfer probationer from one agency to another; procedure.
A court may transfer a person on probation under its jurisdiction from the supervision of one probation agency to that of another probation agency. Whenever...
137.580 Effect of transfer of probationer from one agency to another.
Whenever the transfer mentioned in ORS 137.570 is made, the court making it shall send to the probation agency to whose supervision the probationer is...
137.590 Appointment of parole and probation officers and assistants; chief parole and probation officer.
The judge or judges of any court of criminal jurisdiction, including municipal courts, may appoint, with the prior approval of the governing body of the...
137.592 Policy regarding probation violations.
The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) To protect the public, the criminal justice system must compel compliance with the conditions of probation by responding to...
137.593 Duty of corrections agencies to impose structured, intermediate sanctions for probation violations.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, when a court suspends the imposition or execution of sentence and places a defendant...
137.595 Establishing system of sanctions; rules.
(1) The Department of Corrections shall adopt rules to carry out the purposes of chapter 680, Oregon Laws 1993, by establishing a system of structured,...
137.596 Probation violations; custodial sanctions; rules.
The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall amend its rules to increase the jail and nonjail custody units that can be imposed as custodial sanctions for...
137.597 Probationer may consent to imposition of sanctions.
Subject to rules adopted under ORS 137.595, after receiving written notification of rights, a probationer may waive in writing a probation violation hearing, admit or...
137.599 Hearing prior to, or after, imposition of sanctions.
Prior to the imposition of any structured, intermediate sanction or within four judicial days after receiving notice that a structured, intermediate sanction has been imposed...
137.600 [Repealed by 1955 c.491 §9]
137.610 Performance by Department of Corrections staff of duties of parole and probation officers appointed by judge.
The judge or judges of any court of criminal jurisdiction, including municipal courts, may request at any time the staff of the Department of Corrections...
137.620 Powers of parole and probation officers; oath of office; bond; audit of accounts.
(1) As used in this section, “parole and probation officer” has the meaning given that term in ORS 181.610. (2) Parole and probation officers of...
137.630 Duties of parole and probation officers.
The duties of parole and probation officers appointed pursuant to ORS 137.590 or 423.500 to 423.560 are: (a) To make investigations and reports under ORS...
137.635 Determinate sentences required for certain felony convictions.
(1) When, in the case of a felony described in subsection (2) of this section, a court sentences a convicted defendant who has previously been...
137.637 Determining length of determinate sentences.
When a determinate sentence of imprisonment is required or authorized by statute, the sentence imposed shall be the determinate sentence or the sentence as provided...
137.640 [Repealed by 1961 c.359 §1]
137.650 [Repealed by 1961 c.359 §1]
137.651 Definitions.
As used in ORS 137.654, 137.656 and 137.658: (1) “Commission” means the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. (2) “Criminal justice system” includes all activities and agencies,...
137.653 [1985 c.558 §2; 1987 c.879 §18; 1989 c.548 §1; 1993 c.188 §2; repealed by 1995 c.420 §14]
137.654 Oregon Criminal Justice Commission; membership; terms; meetings.
(1) There is established the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission consisting of nine members. The Governor shall appoint seven members who are subject to confirmation by...
137.655 [1985 c.558 §3; subsections (8) and (9) enacted as 1991 c.885 §6; 1993 c.188 §1; repealed by 1995 c.420 §14]
137.656 Purpose and duties of commission; rules.
(1) The purpose of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state and local criminal justice systems by providing...
137.657 [1989 c.790 §91; repealed by 1995 c.420 §14]
137.658 Authority of chairperson to create committees within commission.
(1) The chairperson of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission may create any committees within the commission as the chairperson may think necessary. Persons who are...
137.659 [1987 c.619 §9; 1991 c.455 §1; repealed by 1995 c.420 §14]
137.660 [Repealed by 1961 c.359 §1]
137.661 Agency cooperation with commission.
All officers, boards, commissions and other agencies of the State of Oregon shall cooperate with the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to accomplish the duties imposed...
137.662 Oregon Criminal Justice Commission Account.
The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission Account is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. All moneys received by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, other...
137.663 [1987 c.619 §3; 1989 c.790 §38; 1993 c.188 §3; repealed by 1995 c.420 §14]
137.665 [1989 c.790 §89; 1993 c.692 §6; repealed by 1995 c.420 §14]
137.667 Amendments to sentencing guidelines; submitting to Legislative Assembly; rules.
(1) The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall review all new legislation that creates new crimes or modifies existing crimes. The commission shall adopt by rule...
137.669 Guidelines control sentences; mandatory sentences.
The guidelines adopted under ORS 137.667, together with any amendments, supplements or repealing provisions, shall control the sentences for all crimes committed after the effective...
137.670 [Repealed by 1961 c.359 §1]
137.671 Authority of court to impose sentence outside guidelines.
(1) The court may impose a sentence outside the presumptive sentence or sentence range made presumptive under ORS 137.669 for a specific offense if it...
137.673 Validity of rules.
Rules adopted by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall not be declared invalid solely because of irregularities in procedural rulemaking, including but not limited to...
137.675 [1993 c.680 §14; repealed by 1995 c.420 §14]
137.677 [1993 c.680 §15; repealed by 1995 c.420 §14]
137.700 Offenses requiring imposition of mandatory minimum sentences.
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 161.605, when a person is convicted of one of the offenses listed in subsection (2)(a) of this section and the offense was...
137.705 Definitions for ORS 137.705 and 137.707.
(1)(a) As used in this section and ORS 137.707: (A) “Charged” means the filing of an accusatory instrument in a court of criminal jurisdiction alleging...
137.707 Adult prosecution of 15-, 16- or 17-year-old offenders; mandatory minimum sentences; lesser included offenses; transfer to juvenile court.
(1)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a person charged with aggravated murder, as defined in ORS 163.095, or an offense listed in subsection...
137.712 Exceptions to ORS 137.700 and 137.707.
(1)(a) Notwithstanding ORS 137.700 and 137.707, when a person is convicted of manslaughter in the second degree as defined in ORS 163.125, assault in the...
137.717 Additional offenses requiring imposition of presumptive sentences.
(1) When a court sentences a person convicted of: (a) Aggravated theft in the first degree under ORS 164.057, burglary in the first degree under...
137.719 Presumptive sentence for certain sex offenders.
(1) The presumptive sentence for a sex crime that is a felony is life imprisonment without the possibility of release or parole if the defendant...
137.721 Presumptive sentences for certain methamphetamine offenses.
(1) When a court sentences a person convicted of: (a) Manufacture of methamphetamine under ORS 475.886 or 475.888, the court may not impose a sentence...
137.750 Sentencing requirements concerning defendant’s eligibility for certain types of leave, release or programs.
(1) When a court sentences a defendant to a term of incarceration upon conviction of a crime, the court shall order on the record in...
137.752 Requirements when defendant committed to custody of county.
(1) When a court commits a defendant to the custody of a supervisory authority of a county under ORS 137.124, the court shall order on...
137.754 Authority of court to modify judgment to comply with ORS 137.750 and 137.752.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a sentencing court retains authority after entry of a judgment of conviction to modify its judgment and sentence to...
137.765 Sexually violent dangerous offenders; definitions; mandatory lifetime post-prison supervision.
(1) As used in this section: (a) “History of sexual assault” means that a person has engaged in unlawful sexual conduct that: (A) Was not...
137.767 Presentence investigation and examination.
(1)(a) A court shall order a presentence investigation and an examination of the defendant by a psychiatrist or psychologist upon motion of the district attorney...
137.769 Defendant’s right to independent examination.
(1) When a defendant is examined under ORS 137.767, the defendant may retain a psychiatrist, psychologist or other expert to perform an examination on the...
137.771 Resentencing hearing; petition; findings; modification of sentence.
(1) No sooner than 10 years after a person sentenced under ORS 137.765 is released to post-prison supervision, the person may petition the sentencing court...
137.990 [Amended by 1971 c.743 §327; repealed by 1973 c.836 §358]

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Oregon Statutes - Chapter 137 - Judgment and Execution; Parole and Probation by the Court