State v. Gonzalez

Summary

The Oregon Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals, holding that the 90‑month mandatory minimum sentence for first‑degree arson does not violate the proportionality clause of Article I, section 16 of the Oregon Constitution and that the trial court’s consideration of the defendant’s mental illness was not required absent a demonstrated societal standard. The Court applied the Rodriguez/Buck proportionality framework and concluded the sentence does not shock the moral sense of reasonable people.