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Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.145 (2026)

Criminally negligent homicide

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      163.145 Criminally negligent homicide. (1) A person commits the crime of criminally negligent homicide when, with criminal negligence, the person causes the death of another person.

      (2) Criminally negligent homicide is a Class B felony. [1971 c.743 §91; 2003 c.815 §2]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 76 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1973–2026 · leading case: State v. Turnidge, 374 P.3d 853 (Or. 2016).
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State v. Turnidge, 374 P.3d 853 (Or. 2016). · cites it 2× “In ascending order in terms of the seriousness of the offense and the severity of the penalty, those levels are criminally negligent homicide (ORS 163.145), manslaughter (first and second degree, ORS 163.”
State v. Lewis, 290 P.3d 288 (Or. 2012). · cites it 5× “ORS 163.145(1). 1 Before trial, defendant moved to suppress evidence of the manner in which he had been driving 10 to 15 minutes before the collision.”
United States v. Gomez-Leon, 545 F.3d 777 (9th Cir. 2008). · cites it 2× “2d 1173, 1177 (1996)); Or.Rev.Stat. § 163.145 (offense called "criminally negligent homicide" and requires criminal negligence); Tenn.”
Johnson v. Premo, 399 P.3d 431 (Or. 2017). “118(1)(a); criminally negligent homicide, ORS 163.145(1); or felony murder not committed intentionally, ORS 163.”
State v. Isom, 837 P.2d 491 (Or. 1992). · cites it 2× “125; and (4) criminally negligent homicide, ORS 163.145. The trial court denied defendant's request as to intentional murder but instructed the jury as to the other three offenses.”
State v. Milligan, 748 P.2d 130 (Or. 1988). · cites it 2× “the results of his blood test on the grounds, inter alia, that the police lacked probable cause to believe that he was driving while intoxicated, that he must be but was not under a valid arrest when the blood samples were drawn without his consent, that the police lacked…”
State v. Corpuz, 621 P.2d 604 (Or. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 3× “Secondly, defendant contends that vehicular homicide is punishable only as criminally negligent homicide under ORS 163.145 7 and not as recklessly caused manslaughter under ORS 163.”
Morehouse v. Haynes, 253 P.3d 1068 (Or. 2011). · cites it 2× “118(1)(d) (first-degree manslaughter includes the mental states "recklessly" and "criminal negligence"); ORS 163.145(1) (criminally negligent homicide uses the mental state "criminal negligence"); ORS 163.”
State v. Quinn, 831 P.2d 48 (Or. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 4× “Defendant appeals his conviction for criminally negligent homicide, ORS 163.145(1), and raises two assignments of error.”
State v. Thayer, 573 P.2d 758 (Or. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 2× “See ORS 163.145; 161.085(10). Similarly, defendant's requested instruction on manslaughter in the second degree was properly rejected: the undisputed fact of 50 stab wounds does not reasonably permit the inference that the stabbing was merely reckless without manifesting an…”
State v. Beagley, 305 P.3d 147 (Or. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 4× “Defendants were convicted of criminally negligent homicide, ORS 163.145, after their 16-year-old son died from an extended illness during which defendants, in accord with their religious beliefs, did not provide any conventional forms of medical care.”
State v. Soreng, 145 P.3d 195 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 12× “225 (the statute providing for a conviction to be set aside) and considering the effect of a 2003 amendment to ORS 163.145 (the statute defining criminally negligent homicide), we conclude that the trial court erred.”
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— Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.145(1) — 12 cases
State v. Lewis, 290 P.3d 288 (Or. 2012). “ORS 163.145(1). 1 Before trial, defendant moved to suppress evidence of the manner in which he had been driving 10 to 15 minutes before the collision.”
Johnson v. Premo, 399 P.3d 431 (Or. 2017). “118(1)(a); criminally negligent homicide, ORS 163.145(1); or felony murder not committed intentionally, ORS 163.”
Morehouse v. Haynes, 253 P.3d 1068 (Or. 2011). “118(1)(d) (first-degree manslaughter includes the mental states "recklessly" and "criminal negligence"); ORS 163.145(1) (criminally negligent homicide uses the mental state "criminal negligence"); ORS 163.”
State v. Quinn, 831 P.2d 48 (Or. Ct. App. 1992). “Defendant appeals his conviction for criminally negligent homicide, ORS 163.145(1), and raises two assignments of error.”
State v. Corpuz, 621 P.2d 604 (Or. Ct. App. 1980). “Secondly, defendant contends that vehicular homicide is punishable only as criminally negligent homicide under ORS 163.145 7 and not as recklessly caused manslaughter under ORS 163.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.145(2) — 1 case
State v. Soreng, 145 P.3d 195 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). “225 (the statute providing for a conviction to be set aside) and considering the effect of a 2003 amendment to ORS 163.145 (the statute defining criminally negligent homicide), we conclude that the trial court erred.”
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