State v. Buckles

After defendant was convicted of the murder of his spouse, the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment and imposed a 10-year minimum sentence, ORS 163.115(3)(b), a consecutive 15-year minimum sentence, ORS 163.115(3)(c), and a concurrent five year minimum sentence. ORS 161.610. Defendant raises four constitutional challenges to ORS leS.mOKc),1 which grants authority to the sentencing court to impose a minimum term of up to 15 years “in addition to” the 10-year minimum mandated by ORS 163.115(3)(b). He argues that the statute violates the vagueness, disproportionality, cruel and unusual…