(1) "Conduct" and "offense" have the meaning provided for those terms in ORS 161.085 and 161.505.
(2) When the same conduct or criminal episode violates two or more statutory provisions, each such violation constitutes a separate and distinct offense.
(3) When the same conduct or criminal episode, though violating only one statutory provision, results in death, injury, loss or other consequences of two or more victims, and the result is an element of the offense defined, there are as many offenses as there are victims.
(4) "Criminal episode" means continuous and uninterrupted conduct that establishes at least one offense and is so joined in time, place and circumstances that such conduct is directed to the accomplishment of a single criminal objective.
(5) A person is "prosecuted for an offense" when the person is charged therewith by an accusatory instrument filed in any court of this state or in any court of any political subdivision of this state, and when the action either:
(a) Terminates in a conviction upon a plea of guilty, except as provided in ORS 131.525 (2);
(b) Proceeds to the trial stage and the jury is impaneled and sworn; or
(c) Proceeds to the trial stage when a judge is the trier of fact and the first witness is sworn.
(6) There is an "acquittal" if the prosecution results in a finding of not guilty by the trier of fact or in a determination that there is insufficient evidence to warrant a conviction. [1973 c.836 §26; 1983 c.509 §1; 2001 c.104 §42]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes
Section 131.005 - General definitions.
Section 131.015 - Application to prior and subsequent actions.
Section 131.040 - When law enforcement officer may communicate with person represented by counsel.
Section 131.045 - Appearances by simultaneous electronic transmission.
Section 131.125 - Time limitations.
Section 131.145 - When time starts to run; tolling of statute.
Section 131.215 - Jurisdiction.
Section 131.235 - Criminal homicide.
Section 131.305 - Place of trial.
Section 131.315 - Special provisions.
Section 131.395 - Expenses of change; taxation as costs.
Section 131.405 - Attendance of defendant at new place of trial.
Section 131.505 - Definitions for ORS 131.505 to 131.525.
Section 131.515 - Previous prosecution; when a bar to second prosecution.
Section 131.525 - Previous prosecution; when not a bar to subsequent prosecution.
Section 131.535 - Proceedings not constituting acquittal.
Section 131.550 - Definitions for ORS 131.550 to 131.600.
Section 131.553 - Legislative findings; effect on local laws; remedy not exclusive.
Section 131.558 - Property subject to forfeiture.
Section 131.561 - Seizure of property subject to forfeiture.
Section 131.564 - Status of seized property; release; maintenance and use.
Section 131.566 - Motor vehicle with hidden compartment.
Section 131.567 - Recorded notice of intent to forfeit real property; form.
Section 131.573 - Petition for expedited hearing.
Section 131.576 - Order restoring custody of property after expedited hearing.
Section 131.579 - Affidavit in response to notice of seizure for forfeiture.
Section 131.585 - Extent of judgment.
Section 131.588 - Judgment of forfeiture; contents; effect.
Section 131.600 - Record keeping and reporting requirements.
Section 131.602 - Prohibited conduct for purposes of instrumentalities of crime.
Section 131.605 - Definitions for ORS 131.605 to 131.625.
Section 131.615 - Stopping of persons.
Section 131.625 - Frisk of stopped persons.
Section 131.705 - Definitions for ORS 131.705 to 131.735.
Section 131.725 - Exclusion from public property.
Section 131.890 - Entitlement to reward; use of public money to reward bounty hunter.
Section 131.897 - Authority to order repayment of reward as part of sentence.
Section 131.905 - Legislative findings.
Section 131.906 - Law Enforcement Contacts Policy and Data Review Committee; duties; report.
Section 131.915 - Definitions.
Section 131.920 - Policies and procedures prohibiting profiling.
Section 131.925 - Complaints alleging profiling; complaint form.
Section 131.930 - Definitions.
Section 131.935 - Collection of officer-initiated stop data; use of data; rules.
Section 131.940 - Analysis of stop data to identify profiling; report.