Dixon v. Gladden

RODMAN, J. (Pro Tempore).

This is an appeal from a judgment denying post-conviction relief. In 1963 the petitioner upon a plea of guilty to an indictment charging him with rape was sentenced, pursuant to ORS 137.111, to an indeterminate term not to exceed his natural life. He appealed from.the judgment on the ground that the sentence was .cruel and unusual and that the statute providing for a life-sentence for certain sex offenders was unconstitutional. The judgment was affirmed. State v. Dixon, 238 Or 121, 393 P2d 204 (1964), citing Jensen v. Gladden, 231 Or 141, 372 P2d 183 (1962).; In Ms…