ORS 161.737: Sentence imposed on dangerous offender as departure from sentencing guidelines.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) A sentence imposed under ORS 161.725 and 161.735 for felonies committed on or after November 1, 1989, shall constitute a departure from the sentencing guidelines created by rules of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. The findings made to classify the defendant as a dangerous offender under ORS 161.725 and 161.735 shall constitute substantial and compelling reasons to depart from the presumptive sentence as provided by rules of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. (2) When the sentence is imposed, the sentencing judge shall indicate on the record the reasons for the departure and shall impose, in addition to the indeterminate sentence imposed under ORS 161.725, a required incarceration term that the offender must serve before release to post-prison supervision. If the presumptive sentence that would have been imposed if the court had not imposed the sentence under ORS 161.725 and 161.735 as a departure is a prison sentence, the required incarceration term shall be no less than the presumptive incarceration term and no more than twice the maximum presumptive incarceration term. If the presumptive sentence for the offense is probation, the required incarceration term shall be no less than the maximum incarceration term provided by the rule of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission that establishes incarceration terms for dispositional departures and no more than twice that amount. However, the indeterminate sentence imposed under this section and ORS 161.725 is not subject to any guideline rule establishing limitations on the duration of departures. [1989 c.790 §77; 1993 c.334 §6]
This rule cites
- ORS 161.725 — resolved
- 161.735 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 144.101: Board’s jurisdiction over conditions of post-prison supervision; reentry court jurisdiction.
- ORS 144.107: Sanctions for violations of conditions of post-prison supervision; rules.
- ORS 144.226: Examination by psychiatrist or psychologist of person sentenced as dangerous offender; report.
- ORS 144.232: Release of dangerous offender to post-prison supervision; eligibility; hearing.
- ORS 161.005: Short title.
- ORS 161.725: Standards for sentencing of dangerous offenders.
- OAR 213-008-0003: Duration of Departures
- OAR 213-008-0007: Departure Limitations in Consecutive Sentences
- OAR 213-012-0020: Consecutive Sentences
- OAR 255-075-0073: Return to DOC for a Period of Greater than 12 Months
- OAR 255-094-0006: Period of Active Parole or Post-Prison Supervision
- OAR 291-062-0130: Adult in Custody Eligibility
- OAR 291-063-0120: Procedures
- OAR 291-097-0215: Earned Time Credits for Crimes Committed on or after November 1, 1989 through June 30, 2009 and Sentenced Prior to July 1, 2009
- OAR 291-097-0220: Earned Time Credits for Crimes Committed on or after November 1, 1989 through February 16, 2010 and Sentenced on or after July 1, 2009
- OAR 291-097-0225: Earned Time Credits for Crimes Committed on or after February 17, 2010 through June 30, 2011
- OAR 291-097-0230: Earned Time Credits for Crimes Committed on or after July 1, 2011 and through June 30, 2013
- OAR 291-097-0231: Earned Time Credits for Crimes Committed on or after July 1, 2013
- OAR 291-149-0130: Inmate Eligibility
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors161.html