Bill Text: OR SB662 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon Senate Bill 662 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to juries.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB662 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB662-Introduced.html



     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 2608

                         Senate Bill 662

Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT, CONSUMER AND SMALL
  BUSINESS PROTECTION

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Requires court to inform jury of certain mandatory minimum
sentences prior to deliberation.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to juries; creating new provisions; and amending ORS
  136.325.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Prior to the jury's deliberation in a criminal
proceeding in which a defendant is charged with an offense listed
in ORS 137.700 or 137.707, the court shall inform the jury of any
sentence that the court is required to impose if the defendant is
convicted of the charge. + }
  SECTION 2. ORS 136.325 is amended to read:
  136.325. Except as required in ORS 161.313 and 163.150 { +  and
section 1 of this 2011 Act + }, the jury in a criminal proceeding
may not be informed of, and may not consider, any punishment that
the court may impose if the defendant is convicted of the charge.
  SECTION 3.  { + Section 1 of this 2011 Act and the amendments
to ORS 136.325 by section 2 of this 2011 Act apply to trials in
which a person is charged with the commission of an offense
listed in ORS 137.700 or 137.707 that is alleged to have been
committed on or after the effective date of this 2011 Act. + }
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