STATE v. ALTHOUSE

(CC 11C48471; CA A152626; SC S062909).

375 P.3d 475 (2016)

359 Or. 668

STATE of Oregon, Respondent on Review, v. William Michael ALTHOUSE, Petitioner on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

June 16, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shawn E. Wiley , Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner on review. With him on the brief was Ernest G. Lannet , Chief Defender, Office of Public Defense Services.

Rolf C. Moan , Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review. With him on the brief were Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, and Anna M. Joyce , Solicitor General.

Sara F. Werboff and Shauna M. Curphey , Portland, filed the brief for amicus curiae Oregon Justice Resource Center.

Before Balmer, Chief Justice, and Kistler, Walters, Landau, Baldwin, Brewer, and Nakamoto, Justices.


Defendant was convicted in 2011 of felony public indecency after previously having been convicted of three other felony sex crimes. Pursuant to ORS 137.719(1), the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Throughout this litigation, defendant has argued that, as applied to him, a sentence of life...

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