State v. Farmer

This appeal raises one issue decided adversely to defendant in our recent decision in State v. Morgan, 316 Or 553, 856 P2d 612 (1993) — whether minimum sentences under ORS 163.115(3) were repealed by enactment of the 1989 sentencing guidelines statutes; and one issue expressly not decided by State v. Morgan, 316 Or at 559 — the validity of a sentence of life imprisonment imposed as a departure sentence under the sentencing guidelines.

A jury found defendant guilty of murder. ORS 163.115. In sentencing defendant, the trial court applied the sentencing guidelines and decided, based on…