(1) Every plea shall be oral and shall be entered in the register of the court in substantially one of the following forms:
- (a) “The defendant pleads that defendant is guilty of the offense charged in this accusatory instrument.”
- (b) “The defendant pleads that defendant is not guilty of the offense charged in this accusatory instrument.”
- (c) “The defendant pleads no contest to the offense charged in this accusatory instrument.”
- (2) When a defendant enters a conditional plea of guilty or no contest, the entry in the register of the court shall so indicate.
- (3) For purposes of this section, an oral plea includes a plea made orally by means of simultaneous electronic transmission as described in ORS 131.045.
[Formerly 135.830; 1985 c.540 §32; 1999 c.134 §2; 2005 c.566 §6]