Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 144.315 (2026)

Evidence admissible before board; procedures

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      144.315 Evidence admissible before board; procedures. Evidence may be received in proceedings conducted by the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision even though inadmissible under rules of evidence applicable to court procedure and the board shall establish procedures to regulate and provide for the nature and extent of the proofs and evidence and method of taking and furnishing the same in order to afford the adult in custody a reasonable opportunity for a fair hearing. The procedures shall include the means of determining good cause not to allow confrontation of witnesses or disclosure of the identity of informants who would be subject to risk of harm if their identity is disclosed. [1973 c.694 §22; 2019 c.213 §32]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1987–2015 · leading case: Smith v. Bd. of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision, 343 P.3d 245 (Or. Ct. App. 2015).
Smith v. Bd. of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision, 343 P.3d 245 (Or. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 13× “He further argues that two other statutes, ORS 144.315 and ORS 183.413, grant him the right to subpoena witnesses, and that he has “due process” rights to compel witnesses to testify at his hearing, under both state and federal constitutional provisions.”
Rise v. Bd. of Parole, 745 P.2d 1210 (Or. 1987). · cites it 4× “ORS 144.315. [4] Moreover, in setting an initial parole release date, the Board is required to consider the presentence investigation report or, if no such report has been prepared (as was true in this case), a comparable report prepared by the Corrections Division.”
Smith v. Mills, 342 P.3d 1034 (Or. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “445, ORS 144.315, and ORS 183.413, and as a matter of “due process” under Article I, section 10, of the Oregon Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment to the *456 United States Constitution.”
Rund v. Bd. of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision, 953 P.2d 766 (Or. Ct. App. 1998). ““(3) If the local sanction requires confinement for more than 15 days in a restitution center, work release center or jail, the board or its designated *238 representative shall hold a hearing under the procedures in ORS 144.315 to 144.380.””
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