Oregon Attorney Post Conviction Manual
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\ Chapter 40 Oregon ' ' § 40:1 Summary of postconviction remedies in Oregon § 40:2 Oregon UPCPA-Oregon Revised S~atutes §§ 138.510 to 138.680 § 40:3 - -Independent civil action : § 40:4 --Death sentence stayed for 90 days § 40:5 - -§ 138.510-Statute of limitations , § 40:6 - - -Text of§ 138.510 § 40:7 - - -Statute of limitations-Case law. § 40:8 - -§ 138.520~udgment entered by co,urt. § 40:9 - - -Text of§ 138.520 · § 40:10 - -§ 138.525-Dismissal or meritl~ss petj,tion § 40:11 ---Text of§ 138.525 § 40: 12 - -Text of§ 138.527 . , § 40:13 ___, -§ 138.530-Newly discovered evid~nce of · innocence § 40:14 --"""'.7Text of §_13~.q3.0 § 40:15 - -§ 158.540-Exclusive means for collateral challenge of c~al_judwn.ent or unqe_~lying · . proceedings . ..· . , . § 40:16 ---Text of§ 13~~&40 , . ; . , § 40:17 - -§ 138.550-All. grounds: for relief must .b~ .. asserted. · § 40:18 - - --:--1~}ffect~ of dire~t appeal § 40:19 - - -Text of§ 138.550 § 40:20 ---Case law § 40:21 - -§ 138.560--cFiling i ' § 40:22 - - -Filing fee § 40:23 - - -When release of petitioner renders a pending proceeding moot , -., . .. § 40:24 - - -Text of§ 138.560 § 40:25 - -Text of§ ·138.570 · § 40:26 - _;,Text of § 138.580 § 40:27 - -Text of§ 138.585 § 40:28 - -§ 138.590-Right to counsel § 40:29 - - -Amendment of petition § 40:30 - - -Text of§ 138.590 § 40:31 - - -Right to counsel-Case· law,.· § 40:32 - ...;...§ 138.61~Leave· to withdraw petition 537 •' . / I STATE PosTCONVICTION REMEDI~s AND RELIEF § 40:33 . - - -Respondent has 30 days to respond § 40:34 ---Text of§ 138.610 § 40:35 --Text of§ 138.615 § 40:36 - -Text of§ 138.620 . .I § 40:37 - -Text of§ 138.622 § 40:38 - -Text of,§ 138.630 § 40:39 - -Text of§ 138.640 : ! . § 40:40 - -§ 138.650-Judgment entered by court-Either party may appeal ~ ·· 1": - • .. ••. • § 40:41 - __;__:.-Text. of.§; 138:650 · · · § 40:42 - -Text of§ 138.660 § 40:43 - -Text of§ 138.665 § 40:44 - -Text of§ 138.670· : § 40:45 - -Text of § 138.680 ~ · § 40:46 --Case law § 40:47 Writ of habeas: cori}us § 40:48 -Proceeding· is· 'an independent ~civil act:lon § 40:49 -Filing . '. § 40:50 -Right to.counsei · § 40:51 - .;_Case law §'40:52 -Filing fee § 40:53. -Order granting or denying is final appealable order > • • § 40:54 -May not be used to challen.ge conviction or sentence § 40:55 -UP9PA does not limit jurisdiCtion of Oreg<?n. Supreme:Gourt · : '·. · · ·. 1 ' • .»1 ·· · · § 40:56 -May:be used to raise clainis unrelated tel' the · validity of the conviction or sentence · t . \ ~ • § 40:57 -Conditions where relief is 'barred t. · t · § 40:58 -Raisiiig clanns. of sentence· expiration ; § 40:59 -Inmate claims of unconstitutional deprivation· of rights while confined ·or· unfawftil confinement I ' conditions : · · ·" ·: · 1 § 40:60 - -Case law ·· · · · § 40:61 -Case law regarding habeas corpus . § 40:62 Motion to correct void sentence § 40:63 · -Case law .. ... :.._ " , . · .. § 40:64 Judicial review of orders of Board of Paroles and Post-Prison Supervision :1 .. .. : . • • § 40:65 -Exhaustion of administrative ,:remedies § 40:66 -Contents of petition ,-, : , § 40:67 -Right to counsel .. · ( . § 40:68 -Oregon Revised Statutes §·144.335-Text § 40:69 -Case law .. ,1, .. · ·.1 § 40:70 Writ of error coram nobis ; ..: -' ... § 40:71 Postconviction DNA testing statute § 40:72 -Or. Rev•. stat. Ann. §§ 188.690. ,to, 138.69~Text 538 OREGON .'·i. .§ '40:1 § 40:78 :· · Oregon postcoriviction DNA testing statute-Case law · , § 40:74 Erroneous Convictions Act·,· d 1; .• • ;1 .• KeyCite~·: Cases and oiher legal materials listed in KeyCite ·Scope ·ca~-;he researched through· the KeyCite service· oh WestlaW®. Use· KeyCite to check citations for form, parallel references, prior and later ;itlstory, and comprehen- ' s~~e p~~ato,~•. i,i;ifo~a~op, ~.cludi~~.ci.t~.~~~~· to other.. d~cisi9ns an~ sec~nd~ · · mater1a s.· ~ · · · · · ·· ,• · , •' · · · .. 1 , I;. ' ~~ • ~ , :-1 • ' ' ' ' '' 0 ' •. I • . " ! ! I I t ' § 40:1 Swiun~ of postconvfotion r.emedi~s hi .·qr~on Princip~ postconViction remedy: ·· :· · . ·· ' · · . UPCPA: (1955·· version). This remedy is' applied· in the circuit court.of the county of confinenient, or, if the· petitioner is not im prisoned, in the convicting courtj. The remedy· is an independent civil action,. not: a postsentencing ·phase of. the origin:a1 :criminal case. The remedy is authorized by statute~;There is no.-custody requirement under -the remedy., Ne~ly <fiscovere4 evid~mce 9f in nocence is.not.a gro~d,for relief.,unde;rthe)"~me4y:.i, ~ . ~· . Right to counsel: ·. ... · . , ~ '. There is a right ·to.. counsel in 'Oregc)µ.~(JPQPA.!Pro.t~edmg$·.;~ :! . .• , , '. , t '.. f • ~ • ~ ' I ": ~ -~ ;,. , ; Statut~: o' linµ~ation,s:. · '. ... I , "· t • -- , l . " ... , .;; . A petition· :for .postconvfotion relief .pursuant ·toJ the' ·oregon UPCPA must be file'd within: :two: years iof .the.~.follo:wing/ unless the court,on hearing.aisubsequent petition.finds grounds'.fo~ relief asserted· which could not reasonably. have been raised in the orig inal .or· .amended. petition: €1) '.if no. appeal. is take~;. the. date :the judgment•or: ·arder .on ihe ~ coq.viction· w;as: entered· in the register; (2) if. a~ ap:ge~ is,__tak~n, t~e :AAte i~e a:gp~ai js fi.naj. in t4~ Oregon appellate courts; (3) if a petitiQJ?. fqr c~I1iorari t~. ,the· U~.S. 81.Jpr~me .Cotµt i~JiJ~, thelat~;r of ~ither:. (~) t~~ .@te. o(qeni~ qf cer.tio rB.ri, if ~he petiti9n is deajed;.9r~(b) :'t:tie.cJ~t~ o( ~ntrY. of.a.final 1 sct~te. ~o~ j~~gme~:t following ·relµati~ fr.Q~· t~e. u ~~· .~up f.~~e ourt. , . ,. ~ ~ ' . ! , I . , Secondaey postconviction remedies: Habeas corpus \ I.' ~ " .I , ~ ,• ' "\.: i ,.t I ~. • • ( •~ ~ ~ • '• ' • ~~ Motion .to· correct.void sentence ' . I ' •• . : . ' . " ~ . ~\. - . ' . .. - .' ·.... :·. ;• ·"- ·" _, . Judicial review of certain orders of the Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison !Supervision -; : :i ... i I . '. •fi. .. i. 'i ·>·.. .'; " :Other.~e~~dies:'/·;· ~ ., ; . '.ii ~::: , .' ·.i·: .. ::.:; · . Coram nobis· is :q.o ·longer an ·available postconviction remedy :in Oregon. : .· · J . , ·.' i . , , , . ~ ,i :, . i539 § 40:1 STATE POSTCONVICTION REMEDIES AND RELIEF Oregon has a postconviction DNA ,testing statute; enacted in 2003, and amended in 2003 and· 2005. Oregon does not have an erroneous convictions act. Helpful readings: (1). Grantland, Protection of Prisoners' Rights i~ Oregon, 14 Willamette L. Rev. 55 (1977) · · . (2) Greene, The Oregon Approach to Post~CorivictioD: Relief, 27 Ohio St. L.J. 274.(1966) (3) Collins and Neil, The Oregon Postconviction-Hearing Act, 39 Or~ L. Rev. 33-7 (1960) · · · ' (4) Wheatley, Coram Nobis in Oregon and the, Need for Modern Postconviction Procedure.,Legislation, 38 Or. L. Rev. 158 (1959) (5). Comment: Due Process for Parolees.: Oregon's Response to Morrissey v. Brewer, 53 Or.. L. Rev. 57 (1973) .. .(6} Moule and Hanft, Parole Decision-Making in Oregon, 55 Or. L.- Rev. 303 (1976) (7) Sonerishein, Eyewitness Errdrs and Wrongful Convictions: I Let's Give Science a Chance,. 89 Or. L. Rev. 263 (2010) . •.. § 40:2 Oregon UPCPA-Orego~ Revised Statutes §§ 138.510 to 138.680 , ' The principal postconviction remedy hf Oregon ;is the 1955 ver sion o·f the. l!JPCPA, which is codified in 21 sectiOns of Chapter 138 ("Appeals;'.·Post-Conviction Relief') of Title 14 ("Procedure in Criminal·Matters Generally") of.the;Oregon.Revised Statutes An notated· (Rev.· Stat.· Ann. § 138 .. 510 through Or~ § 138.680). Mon tana and Maryland ~e the only other· states where the .1955 ver sion of the·UPCPA is the principal postconviction remedy.· Oregoni adopted' the·remedy by :statute in 1959. 'Act of May 26, 1959, ch. 636, 1959 Or~ Laws 1311: · The grounds or types of claims that give rise to postconviction relief' are those in which· a petitioner asserts a ·denial of constitu tfonaf rights, lack of jurisdictio'n, excessive sentence, or the . unconstitutionality of a statute. Datt v. Hill, 347 Or. 672,-227 P.3d 714 (2010). § 40:3 Oregon UPCPA-Oregon Revised Statutes ,' . §§ 138.510 to 138.680-lndependent· ~ivil action A proceeding under the. Oregon UPCPA i~ ,~n ind~pendent Civil action, not a postsentencing phase of the original criminal case. See, e.g., Quimby v. Hill, 213 Or. App. 124, 159 P.3d.1264 (2007) (the Oregon :Rules· of Civil Procedure generally apply to postcon viction proceedings; a separate statute, Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. 540 OREGON § 40:6 §.138~610, contains certain pleading rules that are specifically ap plicable to postconviction relief actions); Asman v. State, 210 Or. App. 369, 150 P.3d 1101· (20Q7) (a. p~tition. brought pursuant to the provisions of the Oregon UPCPA"is civil in nature; the ·oregon Rules· of Civil Proce~ure· govern all ci'11 actions~· including those of statutory origin, except where a different procedure is specified 1 by statute or rule)~ ·· • ' • · Th~:re is no custody requi:r;-eme.nt. in proceedings .u.nCler ·the Oregon UPCPA.. · ; ' · · § 40:4 Oregon 'UPCPA-Oregon Revised Statutes . · · §§ 138.510 to·1s8.68~Death sentence stayed for 90 days 1.. .• ' : A death s~~tence shall ·be. stayed for 90 days for filing the convicted person's first postconvic_tion relief, but .. to obtain the stay the convicted per~on must file a motion with the circuit court .attesting that the con~~ted p·erson ·.intends ~o' file th~ peti-__ tion for pm~tconViction relief. The stay runs. from ~he da't~ the direct appeal is filial, and-may be extended on a showing 'by the convicted person progress is being made in preparation of the peti~oii. Or. ,Rev~. Stat.· Anri. § 138.686. · · · § 40:5 ··Oregon UPCPA-O;rego~ Revised StatUte·s §§ 138.510 to 138.680-§ 138.5i0-Statute of limitations There is a statute ·of limitations on applyirig for relief under the Oregon UPCPA. Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 138.510(3) (a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Oregon UPCPA must be filed within two years of the following, unless the court· on hearing a subsequent petition finds grounds for relief asserted which could not reasonably.