State v. Stockman

After defendant plead guilty to first degree rape, íe trial court sentenced him to a prison term not to xceed 15 years, with a 7-1/2-year minimum sentence, efendant appealed. This court reversed and remand-i for resentencing based upon our prior holding that íe statute authorizing trial courts to impose mini-íum sentences, ORS 144.110, was not applicable to offenses committed before its effective date. State v. Stockman, 36 Or App 172, 583 P2d 38 (1978).

At resentencing, the trial court stated that had it nown that a minimum sentence was not permissible, would have originally sentenced…