State v. Sutton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 state decisions

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1. “"ORS 134.110 is designed to insure that a person charged with crime is promptly indicted, but is not designed to bar the ultimate prosecution of a person charged with a felony. If the delay in the return of the indictment in this case was without good cause, a motion to dismiss by defendant, if presented prior to indictment, would have gained his release from custody until an indictment was found. If the defendant had been admitted to bail, the motion to dismiss would have resulted in the exoneration of his bail until indictment was found. ORS 134.110 gave Sutton the right, after the expiration of 60 days, to demand his indictment or release from custody. Once a felony indictment is found, the purpose of the statute is accomplished." State v. Sutton, 223 Or. 570, 575 , 355 P.2d 247, 249 (1960).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 28 Or. App. 821 - State v. McCormick