OAR 213-008-0003: Duration of Departures

(1) When a sentencing judge departs in setting the duration of a prison term, the judge shall consider the purposes and principles of these guidelines as described in OAR 213-002-0001 to impose a sentence which is proportionate to the seriousness of the crime of conviction and the offender's criminal history. (2) A durational departure from a presumptive prison term shall not total more than double the maximum duration of the presumptive prison term. In no case may the sentence exceed the statutory maximum indeterminate sentence described in ORS 161.605. (3) The limit on durational departures established by section (2) of this rule does not apply to the indeterminate sentence imposed on a dangerous offender ORS 161.725 and 161.737. (4) Durational departure sentences of 12 months or less shall be served at the direction of the supervisory authority. Durational departure sentences greater than 12 months shall be served in the legal and physical custody of the Department. (5) Notwithstanding section (4) of this rule, terms of incarceration 12 months or less imposed pursuant to ORS 166.070(2) shall be served in the legal and physical custody of the Department.