State v. Godines

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction on two counts of first-degree sodomy (Counts 1 and 3), ORS 163.405; two counts of first-degree sexual abuse (Counts 2 and 4), ORS 163.427; and one count of coercion (Count 9), ORS 163.275. He assigns error only to the trial court’s imposition of mandatory minimum sentences under ORS 137.700 (1997) (Measure 11) on Counts 1 through 4. 1 He does not challenge the lawfulness of his sentence on Count 9. Defendant, who was indicted when he was an adult, argues that the trial court did not have legal authority to impose mandatory minimum sentences under…