\ 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.