Defendant appealed from his sentence following his conviction for murder. ORS 163.115(1). We affirmed without opinion. State v. Cannon,
Defendant pleaded guilty to murder pursuant to a plea bargain. The plea agreement provided that the state would recommend a sentence “according to grid block 11-H of the Sentencing Guidelines and no greater sentence.” The trial court, however, in an attempt to deal with the apparent inconsistencies between the sentence required to be imposed by ORS 163.115(4)
We next turn to the merits. Defendant argues that the trial court erred in imposing the indeterminate life sentence under ORS 163.115(4)(a), the 10-year minimum sentence under ORS 163.115(4)(b) and the life term of post-prison supervision. He contends that the court was required to sentence him exclusively under the guidelines to a determinate term of imprisonment of 122 to 128 months, consistent with grid block 11-H, with a three-year term of post-prison supervision under OAR 253-05-002(2).
The state agrees that, under the Supreme Court’s decision in State v. Morgan,
The state also argues that the court’s imposition of the life term of post-prison supervision was not error. Again, the Supreme Court so held in Morgan. Id. at 560. Therefore, the trial court acted within its authority in imposing the 10-year minimum sentence and the life term of post-prison supervision. We remand for entry of corrected judgment deleting the life sentence. State v. Bivens,
Indeterminate sentence vacated; remanded for entry of corrected judgment; otherwise affirmed.
Notes
At the time that defendant was sentenced, ORS 163.115(4) was numbered ORS 163.115(3).
OAR 253-05-004(1) provides:
“The term of post-prison supervision for an offender serving a life sentence pursuant to * * * ORS 163.115 shall be for the remainder of the offender’s life, unless the [state Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision] finds a shorter term appropriate. In no case shall the term of supervision be less than three years.”
The amended version of ORS 138.222(2)(d), which uses the terms “stipulated sentencing agreement,” is applicable here. State v. Kephart,
