State v. Portis

In May 2008, a judgment of conviction was entered following defendant’s pleas of guilty to five counts of identity theft. ORS 165.800. On three of those counts, defendant was sentenced to consecutive terms of 13 months each, for a total of 39 months of incarceration. At the time that defendant committed her crimes, ORS 421.121(2) (2007) provided that the maximum amount of time credits for appropriate institutional behavior (good time credits) could not exceed 20 percent of the total term of incarceration. The 2009 legislature amended ORS 421.121 to increase the maximum amount of good time…