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Or. Rev. Stat. § 161.525

“Felony” described

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      161.525 “Felony” described. Except as provided in ORS 161.585, 161.705 and 161.710, a crime is a felony if it is so designated in any statute of this state or if a person convicted under a statute of this state may be sentenced to a maximum term of imprisonment of more than one year. [1971 c.743 §67; 2017 c.439 §3]

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Cited in 36 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1977–2025 · leading case: State v. Reams
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State v. Reams (1981) or · cites it 4× “) "ORS 161.525 provides that a crime is a felony: "`* * * [I]f it is so designated in any statute of this state or if a person convicted under a statute of this state may be sentenced to a maximum term of imprisonment of more than one year.”
State v. Moyle (1985) or · cites it 2× “" "Felony" is described in ORS 161.525 as follows: "Except as provided in ORS 161.”
State v. Segner (1979) orctapp · cites it 4× “) ORS 161.525 provides that a crime is a felony: "* * * [I]f it is so designated in any statute of this state or if a person convicted under a statute of this state may be sentenced to a maximum term of imprisonment of more than one year.”
State v. Stark (2013) or · cites it 2× ““(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 161.525, upon conviction of a crime punishable as described in subsection (1) of this section, the crime is a felony for all purposes until one of the following events occurs, after which occurrence the crime is a misdemeanor for all…”
State v. Carlton (2017) or “” ORS 161.525, in turn, provides that a crime is a “felony” when “it is so designated in any statute of this state or if a person convicted under a statute of this state may be sentenced to a maximum term of imprisonment of more than one year.”
State v. Phillips (2021) or “” ORS 161.525. In this opinion, we use the term “felony” as shorthand for the crimes covered by OEC 609(1)(a), as we have in past opinions.”
State v. Selness (2002) or “999 when the conduct constitutes either a felony or misdemeanor as those terms are defined in ORS 161.525 and 161.545.” (Emphasis added.”
Wells v. State (1984) alaskactapp “(1) Notwithstanding ORS 161.525, the court may enter judgment of conviction for a class A misdemeanor and make disposition accordingly when: (a) a person is convicted of a class C felony.”
State v. McCullough (2009) or “” ORS 161.525 (emphasis added). In other words, if a person engages in conduct that *358 is classified, by statute, as a felony, that person commits “a crime punishable as a felony,” whether or not that person is actually punished for committing a felony.”
State v. MacY (1983) or “” ORS 161.525 provides that a crime is a felony “if it is so designated in any statute of this state or if a person convicted under a statute of this state may be sentenced to a maximum term of imprisonment of more than one year.”
State v. Rice (1992) orctapp · cites it 2× “ORS 161.525 provides: "Except as provided in ORS 161.”
STATE EX REL. JUV. DEPT. v. Fitch (2004) orctapp “" ORS 161.525. Fowler could not have received a felony sentence of imprisonment, or, in fact, any sentence of imprisonment, for the conduct for which the police sought to apprehend him.”
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