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ORS 138.680

Known as the Post-Conviction Hearing Act

The act spans §§ 138–138 (119 sections).

Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case State Ex Rel. Juvenile Department v. Geist (1990)

Most recently applied in 276 Or. App. 427 - Kinkel v. Persson (February 2016)

1959 c.636 §21

How often courts cite this section

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citing decisions per year

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.

ORS 138.510 to 138.680 may be cited as the Post-Conviction Hearing Act.

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.