Qualifying mental disorder constituting insanity under ORS 161.295 is an affirmative defense.
ORS 161.305
Known as the Oregon Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 161–161 (150 sections).
Applied in 34 court decisions — leading case State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Reuter (1985)
Most recently applied in State v. Meiser (June 2024)
1971 c.743 §38; 1983 c.800 §2; 2017 c.634 §5
How often courts cite this section
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.