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Or. Rev. Stat. § 136.455 (2026)

General verdict on plea of not guilty

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      136.455 General verdict on plea of not guilty. A general verdict upon a plea of not guilty is either “guilty,” of an offense charged in the accusatory instrument, or “not guilty.” [Formerly 136.620]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1981–2025 · leading case: State v. Carson
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State v. Carson (1982) or · cites it 10× “The dissent suggests that a simple "not guilty" verdict form should have been submitted to the jury under ORS 136.455: "A general verdict upon a plea of not guilty is either `guilty,' of an offense charged in the accusatory instrument, or `not guilty.”
State v. White (2009) or · cites it 2× “Rather, the jury (or, in a bench trial, the court) finds a defendant "guilty" or "not guilty" on each offense charged in the accusatory instrument, see ORS 136.455 (so providing), and the defendant is not formally "convicted" on any charge until the trial court enters a judgment.”
State v. Verdine (1981) or · cites it 2× “If this court decides that the law does not permit retrials when the exclusion of wrongly admitted evidence leaves insufficient evidence to support a verdict, then prosecutors will have no reason for such "reliance.”
State v. Payne (2019) orctapp “The legislature has generally provided that special verdict forms are not permitted in criminal cases in ORS 136.455, which provides that "[a] general verdict upon a plea of not guilty is either 'guilty,' of an offense charged in the accusatory instrument, or 'not guilty' " and…”
State v. Watson (2004) orctapp “820(3), repealed by Or Laws 1973, ch 836, § 358, and the jury decided the issue by a verdict, although the court could decide the issue as a matter of law if the facts were clear.”
Richards v. Brown (2025) orctapp · cites it 2× “We start with ORS 136.455, which provides, “A general verdict upon a plea of not guilty is either ‘guilty,’ of an offense charged in the accusatory instrument, or ‘not guilty.”
Richards v. Brown (2025) orctapp · cites it 2× “We start with ORS 136.455, which provides, “A general verdict upon a plea of not guilty is either ‘guilty,’ of an offense charged in the accusatory instrument, or ‘not guilty.”
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