STATE v. SOKELL

(CC C131532CR; CA A156133; SC S063607).

380 P.3d 975 (2016)

360 Or. 392

STATE of Oregon, Respondent on Review, v. Douglas Wayne SOKELL, Petitioner on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

September 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Tyner , Hillsboro, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner on review.

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 Paul L. Smith , Deputy Solicitor General.

En Banc.


Defendant seeks review of a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, imposed pursuant to ORS 137.719(1), for a conviction for first-degree sexual abuse. Defendant argues that, as applied to his circumstances, the sentence is unconstitutionally disproportionate under Article I, section

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