ORS 137.085: Age and physical disability of victim as factors in sentencing.
Where this section sits in the code
- 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes
- 14. Procedure in Criminal Matters Generally
- Chapter 137 — Judgment and Execution; Parole and Probation by the Court
When a court sentences a defendant convicted of any crime involving a physical or sexual assault, the court shall give consideration to a victim’s particular vulnerability to injury in such case, due to the victim’s youth, advanced age or physical disability. Such particular vulnerability of the victim is a fact enhancing the seriousness of any assault, and the court shall consider it as such in imposing the sentence within the limits otherwise provided by law.
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