Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.170 (2026)

Entry of judgment in criminal action

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      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 conviction of an offense, the clerk shall state briefly in the register the offense for which the defendant was convicted. [Amended by 1959 c.638 §19; 1973 c.836 §264; 1985 c.540 §36; 1997 c.801 §65b]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1959–2017 · leading case: State v. Isbell, 38 P.3d 272 (Or. Ct. App. 2001).
State v. Isbell, 38 P.3d 272 (Or. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “ORS 137.170 provides, for example, that "[w]hen judgment in a criminal action is given, the clerk shall enter the same in the register.”
State v. DeCamp, 973 P.2d 922 (Or. Ct. App. 1999). “ORS 137.170. A certified copy of the written judgment is similarly to be furnished “forthwith” to the officer charged with the duty to execute it.”
State v. Bonner, 771 P.2d 272 (Or. 1989). · cites it 2× “We conclude that the appeal in each case was premature. Normally, an appeal in a criminal case is taken from a judgment.”
State v. Panichello, 692 P.2d 720 (Or. Ct. App. 1984). “ORS 137.170 provides: “When judgment upon a conviction is given, the clerk shall enter the same in the journal forthwith, stating briefly the crime for which the conviction has been had.”
State v. Chesnut, 388 P.3d 1237 (Or. Ct. App. 2017). “020; see also ORS 137.170 (providing that in criminal cases, “[i]f the judgment is upon a determination of a conviction of an offense, the clerk shall state briefly in the register the offense for which the defendant was convicted”).”
In re the Marriage of Henson, 656 P.2d 345 (Or. Ct. App. 1982). “” ORS 137.170. ORS 7.015 provides: “Any of the records of the court required under ORS 7.”
Daugharty v. Gladden, 341 P.2d 1069 (Or. 1959). “A judgment is given by the act of the trial court in pronouncing sentence upon a person convicted of crime, and when the judgment is given “ * * * the clerk must enter the same in the journal stating briefly the crime for which the conviction has been had; * * §1578, LOL…”
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