PRIEST v. PEARCE

SC S39032.

840 P.2d 65 (1992)

314 Or. 411

Roger Karl PRIEST, Plaintiff, v. Fred PEARCE, Director of Department of Corrections, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided October 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Henry Hingson III, Oregon City, argued the cause and filed the petition, for plaintiff.

Janet A. Metcalf, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause and filed the memoranda, for defendant. With her on the memoranda were Charles S. Crookham, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.


GILLETTE, Justice.

In this original habeas corpus proceeding, we are called upon to decide whether the right to suitable bail guaranteed by Article I, section 14, of the Oregon Constitution, set out post, is available to a convicted criminal defendant during the pendency of his or her appeal. We hold that the scope of Article I, section 14, does not extend to appeals.

Plaintiff, who is the defendant in an underlying criminal case, pleaded guilty...

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