State v. Grimes

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for attempted unlawful sexual penetration in the first degree. ORS 163.411. His principal contention is that the trial court erred in applying ORS 137.750 to prevent him from being eligible for good-time sentence reduction. According to defendant, because ORS 137.750 was not enacted until after he committed his crime, application of the statute to his case violates state and federal prohibitions against ex post facto laws. We conclude that the application of ORS 137.750 to this case does not violate either state or federal ex post facto clauses and…