Or. Rev. Stat. § 144.050
Power of board to authorize parole; rules
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144.050 Power of board to authorize parole; rules. Subject to applicable laws, the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision may authorize any adult in custody, who is committed to the legal and physical custody of the Department of Corrections for an offense committed prior to November 1, 1989, to go upon parole subject to being arrested and detained under written order of the board or as provided in ORS 144.350. The state board may establish rules applicable to parole. [Amended by 1959 c.101 §1; 1967 c.372 §7; 1969 c.597 §109; 1971 c.633 §10; 1973 c.694 §2; 1973 c.836 §285; 1974 c.36 §3; 1981 c.243 §1; 1987 c.320 §48; 1989 c.790 §25; 2019 c.213 §25]
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Cited in 24
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1974–2025 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Engweiler v. Felton
State Ex Rel. Engweiler v. Felton (2011)
“[4] Eventually, the board's general parole power was codified in ORS 144.050. For 30 years, that statute changed little, except to alter the board's parole authority over inmates confined in county jails.”
Hamel v. Johnson (2001)
“ORS 144.050 says as much. [1] The Board's authority to grant parole is expressly subject to statutes like ORS 144.”
State v. McLain (1999)
“115(5)(a) has served the required 25-year mandatory minimum of his or her life sentence, given that the Board has no authority to consider him or her for parole? ORS 144.050 generally limits the Board's authority to parole inmates to those whose offenses were committed prior to…”
Jones v. Thompson (1998)
“ORS 144.050 [3] authorizes the release on parole of any inmate who was committed to the Department for an offense committed prior to November 1, 1989.”
Bollinger v. Board of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision (1999)
“In our view, there is one statute, ORS 144.050 (1983), that bears strongly on that question.”
Peek v. Thompson (1999)
“ORS 144.050. OAR 255-60-006(8) was such a rule, and the Board adopted it within its delegated authority.”
Engweiler v. Board of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision (2007)
“See also ORS 144.050 (which, from 1959 to the present, has authorized the board to establish rules applicable to parole).”
Haskins v. Palmateer (2003)
“050 (1981), which stated: “Subject to applicable laws, the State Board of Parole may authorize any inmate, who is committed to the legal and physical custody of the Corrections Division to go upon parole subject to being arrested and detained under written order of the board or…”
Black v. Board of Parole (2025)
“See ORS 144.050 (“Subject to applicable laws, the [board] may authorize any adult in custody, who is committed to the legal and physical custody of the Department of Corrections for an offense committed prior to November 1, 1989, to go upon parole subject to being arrested and…”
State Ex Rel. O'Leary v. Jacobs (1983)
“See ORS 144.050 and State v. Cannon, supra. Defendant’s argument that imprisoning a rehabilitated convict is cruel and unusual punishment for purposes of the Oregon and federal constitutions fails to acknowledge that the determination of rehabilitation is properly within the…”
State v. Morgan (1993)
“ORS 144.050; Or Laws 1989, ch 790, § 28. Presently, there is no procedure that governs release of an offender committed after that date to life imprisonment under ORS 163.”
Gaynor v. Board of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision (2000)
“005(1), is expressly authorized to grant parole, ORS 144.050, and to determine violations of parole or of post-prison supervision in specific cases.”
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