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Or. Rev. Stat. § 161.545

“Misdemeanor” described

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      161.545 “Misdemeanor” described. A crime is a misdemeanor if it is so designated in any statute of this state or if a person convicted thereof may be sentenced to a maximum term of imprisonment of not more than one year. [1971 c.743 §69]

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Cited in 16 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1976–2025 · leading case: Brown v. Multnomah County District Court
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Brown v. Multnomah County District Court (1977) or · cites it 2× “365, ORS 161.545. [15] The indication is strong that this decision represented a legislative desire to "decriminalize" the procedure rather than the offense, relying on the single criterion of the $1,000 fine instead of imprisonment to accomplish this aim.”
City of Salem v. Bruner (1985) or · cites it 2× “" ORS 161.545 defines misdemeanor as: "A crime is a misdemeanor if it is so designated in any statute of this state or if a person convicted thereof may be sentenced to a maximum term of imprisonment of not more than one year.”
State v. Rice (1992) orctapp · cites it 4× “The record before the sentencing judge showed that, since 1973, defendant has exhibited a pattern of committing check-related offenses in which he uses aliases, invalid addresses, different Social Security numbers and different dates of birth.”
Page v. Palmateer (2004) or “See ORS 161.545 (one-year maximum sentence for misdemeanor).”
State v. Straughan (2014) orctapp “A defendant may be sanctioned for punitive contempt of court through the imposition of various penalties, including “[c]onfinement for not more than six months.”
State v. Rode (1993) orctapp · cites it 2× “ORS 161.545. However, the effect of ORS 161.”
State v. Chang Hwan Cho (1984) or “ORS 161.545. Whether an offense is a violation or a crime is governed, in certain instances, by ORS 161.”
Oregon State Bar v. Wright (1990) or “The maximum punishment for criminal contempts is a fine of $300 or imprisonment for six months, or both, if it appears that “the right of a remedy of a *43 party to an action, suit or proceeding was defeated or prejudiced” by the contempt; otherwise, the maximum punishment is a…”
State Ex Rel. Redden v. Davis (1980) or “270 come within the statutory definition of a felony; it fell without the definition of a misdemeanor, ORS 161.545: "A crime is a misdemeanor if it is so designated in any statute of this state or if a person convicted thereof may be sentenced to a maximum term of imprisonment…”
State v. Aguilera (2023) orctapp “” ORS 161.545. Finally, the term “punishable” is not defined by statute, but relevant dictio- nary definitions include “capable of being punished by law or right,” Webster’s at 1843, and “able to be punished,” The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 2415 (3d ed 1993).”
Mohiadeen v. Washington County Sheriff's Office (2025) orctapp “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.”
State v. Jackson (1976) orctapp · cites it 2× “605(2) defines a "frisk" as "an external patting of a person's outer clothing.”
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