State v. Noble

After committing a robbery at age seventeen, defendant was remanded to adult court. He pled guilty to robbery in the first degree, ORS 164.415, and was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Pursuant to ORS 144.110, the trial court also imposed a five-year minimum sentence. On appeal, defendant argues that ORS 161.620 prohibits trial judges from imposing a minimum sentence on remanded juveniles under ORS 144.110.

ORS 161.620 provides:

“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a sentence imposed upon any person remanded from the juvenile court under ORS 419.533 shall not include any sentence…