GroundRules
← Search the law
Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 163.125: Manslaughter in the second degree.

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes
  2. 16. Crimes and Punishments
  3. Chapter 163 — Offenses Against Persons

(1) Criminal homicide constitutes manslaughter in the second degree when:

      (a) It is committed recklessly;

      (b) A person intentionally causes or aids another person to commit suicide; or

      (c) A person, with criminal negligence, causes the death of a child under 14 years of age or a dependent person, as defined in ORS 163.205, and:

      (A) The person has previously engaged in a pattern or practice of assault or torture of the victim or another child under 14 years of age or a dependent person; or

      (B) The person causes the death by neglect or maltreatment, as defined in ORS 163.115.

      (2) Manslaughter in the second degree is a Class B felony.

Collected 2026-09-03T23:50:11Z. Source file · JSON

Browse this collection