State v. Myers

Defendant was convicted of aggravated murder (as well as several other crimes that are not relevant to this appeal) and sentenced to a term of life imprisonment without the possibility of release or parole. ORS 163.095; ORS 163.105. She appeals, assigning error only to the sentence. She argues that the statute authorizing her sentence violates Article I, section 40, of the Oregon Constitution because, under that provision, the only two sentences for aggravated murder that the legislature has the authority to enact are death and life imprisonment with the possibility of release or parole. We…