Date: ________________

Re: State v. ______________, Case No. _________________

Dear _____________________:

Enclosed you will find the letter you recently sent to the court requesting that your sentence order / release agreement be modified. The court cannot act on your letter. The court cannot consider your letter because you must file a motion and order and serve a copy on the D.A. to comply with court rules. To help you, we have enclosed a “fill in the blanks” motion and order to modify sentence order / release agreement. You will need to fill in your name and case number, and then write in what part of your sentence order or release agreement you are asking the court to change and why you are requesting such change. You must then contact the D.A.’s office by phone or in writing to ask if they oppose what you are requesting. You must then indicate on the form whether the D.A. opposes or doesn’t oppose your requested change. There is a third box to check if the D.A. does not respond to your phone call or letter. If the D.A. opposes your request, the court will likely notify you of the hearing at which you must appear to present your request.

You must then either mail or hand deliver a copy of the motion and order to the D.A.’s office (1104 K Ave) before you file your motion and order with the court. You must fill out the attached certificate of service stating that you served the motion and order on the D.A.’s office by either mail or by personally delivering a copy to the D.A.’s office.

I hope this helps you present your request to the court.

Sincerely yours,

Circuit Court Staff

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON

FOR THE COUNTY OF UNION

STATE OF OREGON,	)

Plaintiff,	)	CASE NO. _______________

)	___: MOTION TO MODIFY

vs.	)	SENTENCE

)

__________________,	)	___: MOTION TO MODIFY

)	RELEASE AGREEMENT

Defendant,	)

Comes now defendant and moves to modify the ____ Sentence Judgment ____ Release Agreement in this case in the following way: ______________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Defendant has contacted the D.A.’s office and they:____ object; _____ do not object

to the proposed change. Spoke with DA/DDA ______________ on Date: ___________; or _____ will not return my call to advise me whether or not they object to my proposed change.

I have served a copy of this motion on the Union County D.A’s office by mail or by hand as certified by the attached certificate.

Dated this ______ day of ______________________, 20____.

___________________________

Defendant

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON

FOR THE COUNTY OF UNION

STATE OF OREGON,	)

Plaintiff,	)	CASE NO. _______________

)	___: ORDER TO MODIFY

vs.	)	SENTENCE ORDER

)

__________________,	)	___: ORDER TO MODIFY

)	RELEASE AGREEMENT

Defendant,	)

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the ___ sentence order ___ release agreement , be modified as follows:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________	_______________________________

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RE: State v. _________________

CASE NUMBER: ____________	__

DOCUMENTS: ___ Motion and Order to Modify Sentence; ___ Motion and Order to Modify Release Agreement

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

Mail: _____

I HEREBY CERTIFY that I served the above-named document on the following by mailing a TRUE COPY thereof, certified as such, contained in a sealed envelope with postage fully prepaid, addressed to the last known address and deposited in the post office in La Grande, Oregon on __________________, 20__

Hand-Delivery: ______

I HEREBY CERTIFY that I served the above-named document on the following by hand-delivering a TRUE COPY thereof, certified as such, on _________________, 20__

Union County District Attorney

1104 K Ave

La Grande, OR 97850

By:_______________________________________

Defendant

Defendant Printed Name:_____________________

Defendant Address:	_____________________

Defendant Phone #:	_____________________

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