Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.669

Guidelines control sentences; mandatory sentences

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      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 date of such guidelines. Except as provided in ORS 137.637 and 137.671, the incarcerative guidelines and any other guidelines so designated by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall be mandatory and constitute presumptive sentences. [1987 c.619 §5; 1989 c.790 §95; 1995 c.420 §7; 1997 c.691 §4]

 

      Note: See note under 137.651.

 

      137.670 [Repealed by 1961 c.359 §1]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 32 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1992–2025 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Huddleston v. Sawyer
State Ex Rel. Huddleston v. Sawyer (1997) or · cites it 6× “ORS 137.669 provides that the felony sentencing guidelines adopted by the Commission and approved by the legislature "shall control the sentences for all crimes committed after the effective date of such guidelines.”
State v. Dilts (2003) or · cites it 7× “ORS 137.669. The commission created the guidelines as administrative rules, but, because the legislature approved them in 1989, they have the authority of statutory law.”
State v. Dilts (2004) or · cites it 2× “” OAR 213-008-0001 (emphasis added); 6 see also ORS 137.669 (sentencing guidelines “shall control the sentences for all crimes committed after the effective date of such guidelines * * *”); ORS 137.”
State Ex Rel. Juvenile Department v. Johnson (2000) orctapp · cites it 9× “The guidelines also take into account the seriousness of the crime committed, OAR 213-004-0002.”
State v. Dilts (2002) orctapp · cites it 3× “”); ORS 137.669 (providing in part that the guidelines “shall control the sentences for all crimes committed after the effective date of such guidelines”); see also State ex rel Huddleston v.”
State v. Haydon (1992) orctapp · cites it 3× “ORS 137.669 provides: *351 “The guidelines adopted by the State Sentencing Guidelines Board and approved by the Legislative Assembly under ORS 137.”
State v. Upton (2005) or · cites it 2× “Defendant’s analysis begins with ORS 137.669, which provides that the sentencing guidelines “shall control the sentences for all crimes committed,” and that the guidelines “shall be mandatory and constitute presumptive sentences.”
State v. Rice (1992) orctapp · cites it 4× “790, § 87; ORS 137.669; ORS 137.010(1). At this time, no comparable legislation applies to sentencing for misdemeanor convictions.”
Layton v. Hall (2002) orctapp · cites it 2× “ORS 137.669 provides, in part: “The guidelines adopted under ORS 137.”
State v. Stewart/Billings (1995) or · cites it 2× “See ORS 137.669 ("[t]he guidelines * * * shall control the sentences for all crimes committed after the effective date of such guidelines.”
Gaynor v. Board of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision (2000) orctapp · cites it 2× “The Board responds that it has a statutory duty, pursuant to ORS 137.669, 1 to follow the rules adopted by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission and that OAR 253-05-004(1) (1989) 2 required that a person sentenced for murder under ORS 163.”
State v. Gardner-Rolph (2025) orctapp · cites it 5× “The sentencing court sentenced him as an adult in accordance with ORS 137.669 and the sentencing guidelines established by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (OCJC), OAR 213-004-0001.”
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