Oregon Statutes 135.375 – Pleading to offenses in other counties
(1) As used in this section:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 135.375
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
(a) ‘Initiating county’ means the county in which the defendant appears for the purpose of entering a plea to a criminal charge.
(b) ‘Responding county’ means a county in which another criminal charge is pending against the defendant entering a plea in the initiating county.
(2) Upon entry of a plea of guilty or no contest, or after conviction on a plea of not guilty, if a charge is pending against the defendant for a crime that is within the jurisdiction of a coordinate court of a responding county in the state, the defendant may state in writing that the defendant desires:
(a) To waive venue and trial in the responding county;
(b) To waive indictment by the grand jury of the responding county;
(c) To plead guilty or no contest; and
(d) To consent to disposition of the case by the court in the initiating county.
(3) Upon receipt of the request and the written approval of the district attorney of the initiating county, the clerk of the court of the initiating county shall notify the court and the district attorney of the responding county.
(4) Upon receipt of written approval from the district attorney of the responding county, the court of the initiating county may allow the defendant to enter the plea.
(5) The original judgment entered by the court of the initiating county after the defendant enters a plea under subsection (4) of this section is the same for all purposes as a judgment of the court of the responding county. [1973 c.836 § 165; 1991 c.111 § 11; 2017 c.252 § 15]