State v. Jones

This case presents the issue of what the words ‘ ‘mandatory minimum sentence” in ORS 161.620 mean. That statute prohibits the imposition of “mandatory minimum sentence[s]” on persons who are 15 through 17 years of age at the time of the offenses for which they are being sentenced, but who are otherwise being sentenced as if they were adult offenders. ORS 161.620 provides in part:

“[A] sentence imposed upon any person remanded from the juvenile court under ORS 419.533 shall not include * * * imposition of any mandatory minimum sentence except that a mandatory minimum sentence under ORS…