Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 136–136 (149 sections).
Applied in 74 court decisions — leading case Stevens v. Bispham (1993)
Most recently applied in Watkins v. Ackley (December 2022)
1973 c.836 §221; 1997 c.313 §21
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) The defendant and the state in all criminal prosecutions have the right to public trial by an impartial jury.
(2) Both the defendant and the state may elect to waive trial by jury and consent to a trial by the judge of the court alone, provided that the election of the defendant is in writing and with the consent of the trial judge.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.