State Ex Rel. Walraven v. Department of Corrections

Relator was a youth, 14 years old, when he murdered Hull in 1998. Relator was waived into adult court pursuant to ORS 419C.352 and convicted of aggravated murder. The court sentenced relator to life imprisonment with a 30-year mandatory minimum period of incarceration. State v. Walraven, 214 Or App 645, 650, 167 P3d 1003 (2007), rev den, 344 Or 280 (2008). After relator had served roughly half of that period, he obtained a “second look” hearing under ORS 420A.203. The trial court entered a preliminary order of conditional release, but the state appealed that order to the Court of Appeals.…