Known as the Oregon Crimefighting Act
The act spans §§ 137–137 (254 sections).
Applied in 27 court decisions — leading case State Ex Rel. Huddleston v. Sawyer (1997)
Most recently applied in State v. Gardner-Rolph (December 2025)
1987 c.619 §6; 1989 c.790 §39; 1995 c.420 §8
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 court may impose a sentence outside the presumptive sentence or sentence range made presumptive under ORS 137.669 for a specific offense if it finds there are substantial and compelling reasons justifying a deviation from the presumptive sentence.
(2) Whenever the court imposes a sentence outside the presumptive sentence it shall set forth the reasons for its decision in the manner required by rules of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.