A defendant in a criminal action is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proved. In case of a reasonable doubt whether the guilt of the defendant is satisfactorily shown, the defendant is entitled to be acquitted.
ORS 136.415
Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 136–136 (149 sections).
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case State v. Washington (2014)
Most recently applied in State v. Strain (January 2026)
Formerly 136.520
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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.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.