Case Name: STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. JONATHAN CHARLES MILLER, Appellant
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1999-06-16
Citations: 161 Or. App. 177
Docket Number: 97P3415; CA A102199
Parties: STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. JONATHAN CHARLES MILLER, Appellant.
Judges: Before Landau, Presiding Judge, and Linder and Brewer, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 161
Pages: 177–178

Head Matter:
Submitted on record and briefs May 7,
reversed and remanded for resentencing June 16,
petition for review denied September 28,1999 (329 Or 358)
STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. JONATHAN CHARLES MILLER, Appellant.
(97P3415; CA A102199)
987 P2d 528
David E. Groom, Public Defender, and Jesse Wm. Barton, Deputy Public Defender, filed the brief for appellant.
Hardy Myers, Attorney General, Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General, and Timothy A. Sylwester, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.
Before Landau, Presiding Judge, and Linder and Brewer, Judges.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Defendant was convicted on one count each of murder and criminal conspiracy. On the murder conviction, the trial court imposed the 300-month minimum sentence required by ORS 137.700(2)(a)(A). In addition, the court sentenced defendant "to the custody of the Corrections Division of the State of Oregon for the remainder of defendant's life," pursuant to Ballot Measure 11, codified at ORS 163.115(5)(a). Defendant first assigns error to the imposition of a life term of imprisonment for his murder conviction. He contends that in State v. McLain, 158 Or App 419, 974 P2d 727 (1999), we held unconstitutional the "imprisonment for life" provision of ORS 163.115(5)(a). The state concedes the point. We accept the concession.
Defendant also contends that the mandatory minimum sentence required by Ballot Measure 11 is unlawful because Ballot Measure 11 itself is unconstitutional. Defendant's contentions in that regard have been rejected in State ex rel Huddleston v. Sawyer, 324 Or 597, 932 P2d 1145, cert den 118 S Ct 557 (1997), and subsequent cases.
Reversed and remanded for resentencing.