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  • 135.753
    Effect of dismissal
  • 135.755
    Dismissal on mo­tion of court or district attorney
  • 135.757
    Nolle prosequi
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   2011 ORS § 135.757¹
Nolle prosequi
  • • discontinuance by district attorney

The entry of a nolle prosequi is abolished, and the district attorney cannot discontinue or abandon a prosecution for a crime, except as provided in ORS 135.755 (Dismissal on motion of court or district attorney). [Formerly 134.160 [bad link]]

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See also annota­tions under ORS 134.160 [bad link] in permanent edi­tion.

Notes of Decisions

Dismissal of a misdemeanor charge in district court in order to consolidate it with a felony charge arising from the same transac­tion is possible and is no bar to further pro­ceed­ings on the misdemeanor charge, notwithstanding this sec­tion. State v. Leverich, 14 Or App 222, 511 P2d 1265 (1973), affd 269 Or 45, 522 P2d 1390 (1974)

Related Statutes³

  • 135.709
    Exclusiveness of pro­ce­dure
  • 135.753
    Effect of dismissal
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1 Legislative Counsel Committee, CHAPTER 135—Arraignment and Pretrial Provisions, http://­www.­leg.­state.­or.­us/­ors/­135.­html External_link_icon(2011) (last ac­cessed Mar. 25, 2012).
 
2 Legislative Counsel Committee, Annotations to the Oregon Revised Stat­utes, Cumulative Supplement - 2011, Chapter 135, http://­www.­leg.­state.­or.­us/­ors/­annos/­135ano.­htm External_link_icon(2011) (last ac­cessed Mar. 25, 2012).
 
3 OregonLaws.org assembles these lists by analyzing references between Sections. Each listed item refers back to the current Section in its own text. The result reveals relationships in the code that may not have otherwise been apparent.
 
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