Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.765 (2026)

Sexually violent dangerous offenders; definitions; mandatory lifetime post-prison supervision

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      137.765 Sexually violent dangerous offenders; definitions; mandatory lifetime post-prison supervision. (1) As used in this section:

      (a) “History of sexual assault” means that a person has engaged in unlawful sexual conduct that:

      (A) Was not committed as part of the same criminal episode as the crime for which the person is currently being sentenced; and

      (B) Seriously endangered the life or safety of another person or involved a victim under 12 years of age.

      (b) “Sexually violent dangerous offender” means a person who has psychopathic personality features, sexually deviant arousal patterns or interests and a history of sexual assault and presents a substantial probability of committing a crime listed in subsection (3) of this section.

      (2) Notwithstanding ORS 161.605, when a person is convicted of a crime listed in subsection (3) of this section, in addition to any sentence of imprisonment required by law, a court shall impose a period of post-prison supervision that extends for the life of the person if:

      (a) The person was 18 years of age or older at the time the person committed the crime; and

      (b) The person is a sexually violent dangerous offender.

      (3) The crimes to which subsection (2) of this section applies are:

      (a) Rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree if the victim was:

      (A) Subjected to forcible compulsion by the person;

      (B) Under 12 years of age; or

      (C) Incapable of consent by reason of mental incapacitation, physical helplessness or incapability of appraising the nature of the victim’s conduct;

      (b) Unlawful sexual penetration in the first degree; and

      (c) An attempt to commit a crime listed in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection. [1999 c.163 §1; 2005 c.463 §§11,16; 2007 c.16 §6; 2021 c.82 §8]

 

      Note: 137.765 to 137.771 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 137 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1999–2024 · leading case: Layton v. Hall, 47 P.3d 898 (Or. Ct. App. 2002).
Layton v. Hall, 47 P.3d 898 (Or. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 3× “610 and ORS 137.765 is instructive. ORS 137.765, like ORS 161.”
State v. Davidson, 353 P.3d 2 (Or. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 3× “479 provides: “(1) A person commits the crime of unlawful contact with a child if the person: *742 “(a)(A) Has been designated a sexually violent dangerous offender under ORS 137.765; [and] “***** “(b) Knowingly contacts a child with the intent to commit a crime or for the…”
State v. Hopson, 186 P.3d 317 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 5× “Given that conclusion, we must now address defendant’s assignment of error on appeal: Does judicial factfinding in support of a sexually violent dangerous offender sentence pursuant to ORS 137.765 likewise run afoul of Blakely and Apprendi? As explained below, we conclude that…”
State v. Kragt, 495 P.3d 1233 (Or. 2021). · cites it 2× “Subsection (1) of that statute provides: “Except as otherwise provided in ORS 137.765 and sub- section (2) of this section, any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment for violating or attempting to violate [ORS 163.”
State v. Davilla, 380 P.3d 1003 (Or. Ct. App. 2016). “The plain text of ORS 137.765 provides that, “ [i] n order to rely on an enhancement fact to increase the sentence,” the state “shall notify the defendant *63 of its intention to rely on the enhancement fact” (Emphases added.”
State v. Upton, 125 P.3d 713 (Or. 2005). “737, and sexually violent dangerous offender statutes, ORS 137.765 -137.767. Those statutes previously provided that the findings needed to support enhanced sentences in those cases were to be made by the trial court during a separate post-verdict hearing.”
State v. Angell, 113 P.3d 988 (Or. Ct. App. 2005). “103 provides, in part: “Except as otherwise provided in ORS 137.765, any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment for violating or attempting to violate ORS * * * 163.”
State v. Rickard, 201 P.3d 927 (Or. Ct. App. 2009). “103, which currently provides, in part: “(1) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 137.765 and subsection (2) of this section, any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment for violating or attempting to violate ORS 163.”
State v. Kragt, 467 P.3d 830 (Or. Ct. App. 2020). “103 requires the imposition of an indeterminate term of PPS, to be computed by the Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision once the amount of time a defendant actually spent incarcerated is known: “Except as otherwise provided in ORS 137.765 and sub- section (2) of this…”
State v. Vedder, 136 P.3d 1128 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). “103(1) provides, in part: “Except as otherwise provided in ORS 137.765, any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment for violating or attempting to violate ORS 163.”
State v. Waechter, 986 P.2d 1281 (Or. Ct. App. 1999). “010 (in construing a statute, a court may not insert what has been omitted or omit was has been inserted).”
State v. Hopson, 164 P.3d 342 (Or. Ct. App. 2007). “235, appeals, assigning error to the trial court’s determination that he is a “sexually violent dangerous offender,” ORS 137.765. Defendant contends that the trial court’s determination in that regard violated the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution under the…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.765(1) — 1 case
State v. Waechter, 986 P.2d 1281 (Or. Ct. App. 1999). “010 (in construing a statute, a court may not insert what has been omitted or omit was has been inserted).”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.765(1)(a) — 1 case
State v. Davidson, 353 P.3d 2 (Or. Ct. App. 2015). “479 provides: “(1) A person commits the crime of unlawful contact with a child if the person: *742 “(a)(A) Has been designated a sexually violent dangerous offender under ORS 137.765; [and] “***** “(b) Knowingly contacts a child with the intent to commit a crime or for the…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.765(1)(b) — 1 case
State v. Davidson, 353 P.3d 2 (Or. Ct. App. 2015). “479 provides: “(1) A person commits the crime of unlawful contact with a child if the person: *742 “(a)(A) Has been designated a sexually violent dangerous offender under ORS 137.765; [and] “***** “(b) Knowingly contacts a child with the intent to commit a crime or for the…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.765(2) — 1 case
Layton v. Hall, 47 P.3d 898 (Or. Ct. App. 2002). “610 and ORS 137.765 is instructive. ORS 137.765, like ORS 161.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.765(2)(b) — 1 case
State v. Hopson, 186 P.3d 317 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). “Given that conclusion, we must now address defendant’s assignment of error on appeal: Does judicial factfinding in support of a sexually violent dangerous offender sentence pursuant to ORS 137.765 likewise run afoul of Blakely and Apprendi? As explained below, we conclude that…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.765(3) — 1 case
State v. Hopson, 186 P.3d 317 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). “Given that conclusion, we must now address defendant’s assignment of error on appeal: Does judicial factfinding in support of a sexually violent dangerous offender sentence pursuant to ORS 137.765 likewise run afoul of Blakely and Apprendi? As explained below, we conclude that…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.765(l)(b) — 1 case
State v. Hopson, 186 P.3d 317 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). “Given that conclusion, we must now address defendant’s assignment of error on appeal: Does judicial factfinding in support of a sexually violent dangerous offender sentence pursuant to ORS 137.765 likewise run afoul of Blakely and Apprendi? As explained below, we conclude that…”
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