State v. Parker

Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for robbery in the first degree. He attacks the 90-month mandatory minimum sentence that he received under Measure 11, which the voters adopted at the 1994 general election. Or Laws 1995, ch 2, codified at ORS 137.700 (amended by Or Laws 1995, ch 421, § 1; Or Laws 1995, ch 422, § 47). Under the sentencing guidelines, the presumptive sentence would have been in a range of 61 to 65 months. We affirm.

We considered and rejected defendant’s arguments that Measure 11 violated the separation of powers provisions of Article III, section 1, of the Oregon…