State v. Jones

*237ROSSMAN, J.

The issue in this case is whether a juvenile, remanded from juvenile court to circuit court and convicted of a crime other than aggravated murder, can be sentenced to a minimum prison term. ORS 161.620.

At the age of 17, defendant was remanded to circuit court, ORS 419.533(1), and convicted of murder and third degree robbery. ORS 163.115; ORS 164.395. On the murder charge, the trial court imposed a life sentence, with a minimum sentence of 25 years.1 Defendant appeals, contending that ORS 161.620 prohibits imposition of the minimum sentence.

ORS 161.620 provides, in part, that a…