{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-34.720","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 34.720","heading":"Imprisonment after discharge.","body":"A person who has been finally discharged upon a proceeding by habeas corpus may not again be imprisoned, restrained or kept in custody for the same cause. A person is not deemed to be imprisoned, restrained or kept in custody for the same cause if:\n      (1) The person has been discharged from a commitment on a criminal charge, and afterwards is committed for the same offense by the legal order or process of the court wherein the person is bound by a release agreement or has deposited security, or in which the person is indicted or convicted for the same offense;\n      (2) After a judgment of discharge for a defect of evidence or for a material defect in the commitment, in a criminal case, the party again is arrested on sufficient evidence, and committed by legal process for the same offense;\n      (3) In a civil action or suit, the party has been discharged for illegality in the judgment or process, and afterwards is imprisoned for the same cause of action or suit; or\n      (4) In a civil action or suit, the person has been discharged from commitment on a writ of arrest, and afterwards is committed on execution, in the same action or suit, or on a writ of arrest in another action or suit, after the dismissal of the first one.","path":["01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure","3. Remedies and Special Actions and Proceedings","Chapter 34 — Writs"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors034.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:10Z","sha256":"58b4566d1000f5b8160c7b75a412b722bcd5379156e28fde193ec884558dc9aa","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-34.712","next":"us-or/ors-34.730"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}