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Section 137.310 – Authorizing execution of judgment; detention of defendant.

(1) When a judgment has been pronounced, a certified copy of the entry thereof in the register shall be forthwith furnished by the clerk to the officer whose duty it is to execute the judgment; and no other warrant or authority is necessary to justify or require its execution. (2) The defendant may be arrested […]

Section 137.315 – Electronic telecommunication of notice of judgment authorized.

Whenever it is necessary that a copy of the entry of judgment against a defendant be delivered to the Department of Corrections or any other correctional authority of this state, or to the correctional authority of any political subdivision of this state, the court or the sheriff may transmit notice of the judgment by electronic […]

Section 137.330 – Where judgment of imprisonment in county jail is executed.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 137.167, 137.333 or 423.478, a judgment of imprisonment in the county jail shall be executed by confinement in the jail of the county where the judgment is given, except that when the place of trial has been changed, the confinement shall take place in the jail of the county […]

Section 137.333 – Exception to ORS 137.330.

Whenever a judge sentences a person to a term of incarceration in a county jail, the judgment may be executed by confinement in another county or in a state correctional facility if the county in which the person would otherwise be imprisoned: (1) Has entered into an intergovernmental agreement as provided in ORS 169.053; or […]

Section 137.380 – Discipline, treatment and employment of prisoners.

A judgment of commitment to the custody of the Department of Corrections need only specify the duration of confinement as provided in ORS 137.120. Thereafter the manner of the confinement and the treatment and employment of a person shall be regulated and governed by whatever law is then in force prescribing the discipline, treatment and […]

Section 137.450 – Enforcement of money judgment in criminal action.

A judgment against the defendant or complainant in a criminal action, so far as it requires the payment of a fine, fee, assessment, costs and disbursements of the action or restitution, may be enforced as a judgment in a civil action. [Amended by 1973 c.836 §269; 1987 c.709 §1]

Section 137.463 – Death warrant hearing; death warrant.

(1) When a sentence of death is pronounced, the clerk of the court shall deliver a copy of the judgment of conviction and sentence of death to the sheriff of the county. The sheriff shall deliver the defendant within 20 days from the date the judgment is entered to the correctional institution designated by the […]

Section 137.464 – Administrative assessment of defendant’s mental capacity.

(1)(a) At the death warrant hearing under ORS 137.463, the court shall order that the Oregon Health Authority or its designee perform an assessment of the defendant’s mental capacity to engage in reasoned choices of legal strategies and options if: (A) The defendant indicates the wish to waive the right to counsel; and (B) The […]

Section 137.466 – Judicial determination of defendant’s mental capacity.

(1) If the court has ordered the Oregon Health Authority to perform a competency assessment of the defendant under ORS 137.464 and the assessment has been completed, the court shall determine the issue of the defendant’s mental capacity to engage in reasoned choices of legal strategies and options. If neither the state nor counsel for […]