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Section 161.015 - General definitions. - (1) "Dangerous weapon" means any weapon, device, instrument, material or...
Section 161.025 - Purposes; principles of construction. - (a) To insure the public safety by preventing the commission...
Section 161.035 - Application of Criminal Code. - (2) Except as otherwise expressly provided, or unless the context...
Section 161.045 - Limits on application. - (2) Chapter 743, Oregon Laws 1971, does not affect any...
Section 161.055 - Burden of proof as to defenses. - (2) When a defense, declared to be an "affirmative defense"...
Section 161.067 - Determining punishable offenses for violation of multiple statutory provisions, multiple victims or repeated violations. - (2) When the same conduct or criminal episode, though violating...
Section 161.085 - Definitions with respect to culpability. - (1) "Act" means a bodily movement. (2) "Voluntary act" means...
Section 161.095 - Requirements for criminal liability. - (2) Except as provided in ORS 161.105, a person is...
Section 161.105 - Culpability requirement inapplicable to certain violations and offenses. - (a) The offense constitutes a violation, unless a culpable mental...
Section 161.115 - Construction of statutes with respect to culpability. - (2) Except as provided in ORS 161.105, if a statute...
Section 161.125 - Drug or controlled substance use or dependence or intoxication as defense. - (2) When recklessness establishes an element of the offense, if...
Section 161.155 - Criminal liability for conduct of another. - (1) The person is made criminally liable by the statute...
Section 161.160 - Exclusion of defenses to criminal liability for conduct of another. - (1) Such other person has not been prosecuted for or...
Section 161.165 - Exemptions to criminal liability for conduct of another. - (1) The person is a victim of that crime; or...
Section 161.170 - Criminal liability of corporations. - (a) The conduct constituting the offense is engaged in by...
Section 161.195 - "Justification" described. - (2) As used in subsection (1) of this section, "laws...
Section 161.200 - Choice of evils. - (a) That conduct is necessary as an emergency measure to...
Section 161.205 - Use of physical force generally. - (1)(a) A parent, guardian or other person entrusted with the...
Section 161.215 - Limitations on use of physical force in defense of a person. - (a) With intent to cause physical injury or death to...
Section 161.219 - Limitations on use of deadly physical force in defense of a person. - (1) Committing or attempting to commit a felony involving the...
Section 161.225 - Use of physical force in defense of premises. - (2) A person may use deadly physical force under the...
Section 161.233 - Use of physical force by peace officer. - (a) That the person poses an imminent threat of physical...
Section 161.237 - Use of physical force involving pressure on throat or neck by peace officer or corrections officer. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 161.233, it is not reasonable under any...
Section 161.242 - Use of deadly physical force by peace officer. - (a) Make a lawful arrest when the peace officer has...
Section 161.245 - "Reasonable belief" described; status of unlawful arrest. - (2) A peace officer who is making an arrest is...
Section 161.249 - Use of physical force by private person assisting an arrest. - (2) A person who has been directed to assist a...
Section 161.255 - Use of physical force by private person making citizen’s arrest. - (2) A private person acting under the circumstances prescribed in...
Section 161.265 - Use of physical force by guard or peace officer employed in correctional facility. - (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a guard or...
Section 161.267 - Use of physical force by corrections officer or official employed by Department of Corrections. - (a) "Colocated minimum security facility" means a Department of Corrections...
Section 161.270 - Duress. - (2) Duress is not a defense for one who intentionally...
Section 161.275 - Entrapment. - (2) As used in this section, "induced" means that the...
Section 161.290 - Incapacity due to immaturity. - (2) Incapacity due to immaturity, as defined in subsection (1)...
Section 161.295 - Effect of qualifying mental disorder; guilty except for insanity. - (2) As used in chapter 743, Oregon Laws 1971, the...
Section 161.309 - Notice of mental defense; when report required; contents of report; plea. - (a) Gives notice of intent to do so in the...
Section 161.315 - Right of state to obtain mental examination of defendant; limitations; report. - (2)(a) Upon filing of the notice, the court, in its...
Section 161.325 - Finding of guilty except for insanity; dispositional order. - (2) If the court enters an order as provided in...
Section 161.326 - Notice to victim. - (2) When the board conducts a hearing involving a person...
Section 161.327 - Commitment or conditional release of person found guilty except for insanity of felony; consultation; evaluation; appeal; rules. - (a) If the court finds that the person is not...
Section 161.328 - Commitment of person found guilty except for insanity of misdemeanor. - (a) Each offense for which the person is found guilty...
Section 161.329 - Order of discharge. - (1) The court finds that the person is no longer...
Section 161.336 - Conditional release by board; order for return; termination or modification of conditional release; hearing. - (b) An order of conditional release entered by the board...
Section 161.341 - Application for discharge or conditional release; release plan; examination; right to hearing. - (2) The attorney representing the state may choose a psychiatrist...
Section 161.346 - Hearings on discharge, conditional release, commitment or modification; psychiatric reports; notice of hearing. - (a) Is no longer affected by a qualifying mental disorder,...
Section 161.348 - Judicial review. - (2) The order and the proceedings underlying the order are...
Section 161.349 - Person committed under ORS 161.315 to 161.351 sentenced to term of incarceration. - (2) When a person described in subsection (1) of this...
Section 161.351 - Discharge by board; effect of remission; protection of society. - (2) For purposes of ORS 161.315 to 161.351, a person...
Section 161.355 - Definitions. - (1) "Certified evaluator" has the meaning given that term in...
Section 161.360 - Qualifying mental disorder affecting fitness to proceed. - (2) A defendant may be found incapacitated if, as a...
Section 161.362 - Requirements for recommendations, determinations and orders; confidentiality; electronic appearance. - (2) A determination by a community mental health program director,...
Section 161.365 - Procedure for determining issue of fitness to proceed; consultation; examination; report; rules. - (b) If the defendant is charged with one or more...
Section 161.367 - Gaining or regaining fitness; credit for time served; firearm prohibition. - (a) Order that the defendant be discharged; or (b) Initiate...
Section 161.370 - Determination of fitness to proceed; proceedings upon finding of unfitness; commitment; rules. - (b) If neither the prosecuting attorney nor counsel for the...
Section 161.371 - Procedures upon commitment of defendant; maximum term of commitment. - (a) Immediately notify the committing court if the defendant, at...
Section 161.372 - Involuntary administration of medication for fitness to proceed; hearing; court order; confidentiality. - (2) The report described in subsection (1) of this section...
Section 161.373 - Records for fitness to proceed examination; compliance with court order. - (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the Oregon Youth...
Section 161.375 - Escape of person placed at hospital or facility; authority to order arrest. - (2) When a patient, who has been placed at a...
Section 161.385 - Psychiatric Security Review Board; composition, term, qualifications, compensation, appointment, confirmation and meetings. - (2) The membership of the board may not include any...
Section 161.387 - Board to implement policies; rulemaking. - (2) Administrative meetings of the board are not deliberations for...
Section 161.390 - Rules for assignment of persons to state mental hospitals or secure intensive community inpatient facilities; release plan prepared by Oregon Health Authority. - (2) When the Psychiatric Security Review Board requires the preparation...
Section 161.392 - Certification of psychiatrists and licensed psychologists; rules; fees. - (2) The authority shall consult with the Psychiatric Security Review...
Section 161.395 - Subpoena power. - (2) Upon request of any party to the hearing before...
Section 161.398 - Restorative justice program; rules. - (b) The board may enter into a contract with a...
Section 161.405 - "Attempt" described. - (2) An attempt is a: (a) Class A felony if...
Section 161.430 - Renunciation as a defense to attempt. - (2) The defense of renunciation is an affirmative defense. [1971...
Section 161.435 - Solicitation. - (2) Solicitation is a: (a) Class A felony if the...
Section 161.440 - Renunciation as defense to solicitation. - (2) The defense of renunciation is an affirmative defense. [1971...
Section 161.450 - "Criminal conspiracy" described. - (2) Criminal conspiracy is a: (a) Class A felony if...
Section 161.460 - Renunciation as defense to conspiracy. - (2) The defense of renunciation is an affirmative defense. [1971...
Section 161.465 - Duration of conspiracy. - (1) Conspiracy is a continuing course of conduct which terminates...
Section 161.475 - Defenses to solicitation and conspiracy. - (a) The person or the person whom the person solicits...
Section 161.485 - Multiple convictions barred in inchoate crimes. - (2) A person shall not be convicted of more than...
Section 161.515 - "Crime" described. - (2) A crime is either a felony or a misdemeanor....
Section 161.535 - Classification of felonies. - (a) Class A felonies; (b) Class B felonies; (c) Class...
Section 161.555 - Classification of misdemeanors. - (a) Class A misdemeanors; (b) Class B misdemeanors; (c) Class...
Section 161.566 - Misdemeanor treated as violation; prosecuting attorney’s election. - (2) If a prosecuting attorney elects to treat a misdemeanor...
Section 161.568 - Misdemeanor treated as violation; court’s election. - (a) A complaint or information has been filed with the...
Section 161.570 - Felony treated as misdemeanor. - (2) A district attorney may elect to treat a Class...
Section 161.585 - Classification of certain crimes determined by punishment. - (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 161.525, upon conviction of...
Section 161.605 - Maximum terms of imprisonment for felonies. - (1) For a Class A felony, 20 years. (2) For...
Section 161.610 - Enhanced penalty for use of firearm during commission of felony; pleading; minimum penalties; suspension or reduction of penalty. - (2) The use or threatened use of a firearm, whether...
Section 161.615 - Maximum terms of imprisonment for misdemeanors. - (1) For a Class A misdemeanor, 364 days. (2) For...
Section 161.620 - Sentences imposed upon waiver. - (1) ORS 137.707 shall be imposed, except as provided in...
Section 161.625 - Fines for felonies. - (a) $500,000 for murder or aggravated murder. (b) $375,000 for...
Section 161.635 - Fines for misdemeanors. - (a) $6,250 for a Class A misdemeanor. (b) $2,500 for...
Section 161.645 - Standards for imposing fines. - (1) The financial resources of the defendant and the burden...
Section 161.655 - Fines for corporations. - (a) $50,000 when the conviction is of a felony. (b)...
Section 161.665 - Costs. - (2) Except as provided in ORS 151.505, the court, after...
Section 161.675 - Time and method of payment of fines, restitution and costs. - (2) When a defendant whose sentence requires the payment of...
Section 161.685 - Effect of nonpayment of fines, restitution or costs; report to consumer reporting agency; rules. - (2) If the court finds that the default constitutes contempt,...
Section 161.705 - Reduction of certain felonies to misdemeanors. - (a)(A) A person is convicted of any Class C felony;...
Section 161.710 - Reduction of certain felony driving offenses after completion of sentence. - (1) The suspension or revocation resulted from habitual offender status...
Section 161.715 - Standards for discharge of defendant. - (a) The conviction is for an offense other than murder,...
Section 161.725 - Standards for sentencing of dangerous offenders. - (a) The defendant is being sentenced for a Class A...
Section 161.735 - Procedure for determining whether defendant dangerous. - (2) All costs connected with the examination shall be paid...
Section 161.737 - Sentence imposed on dangerous offender as departure from sentencing guidelines. - (2) When the sentence is imposed, the sentencing judge shall...
Section 161.740 - Sentencing of juvenile offenders. - (2) In determining the appropriate sentence for a person who...