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State v. Cumpston

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF OREGON
Apr 8, 2020
303 Or. App. 479 (Or. Ct. App. 2020)

Summary

holding that trial court erred in imposing fine greater than that announced at sentencing hearing

Summary of this case from State v. Frick

Opinion

A164797

04-08-2020

STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Dale Anthony CUMPSTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Ernest G. Lannet, Chief Defender, Criminal Appellate Section, and Sarah De La Cruz, Deputy Public Defender, Office of Public Defense Services, filed the briefs for appellant. Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman, Solicitor General, and Jennifer S. Lloyd, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.


Ernest G. Lannet, Chief Defender, Criminal Appellate Section, and Sarah De La Cruz, Deputy Public Defender, Office of Public Defense Services, filed the briefs for appellant.

Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman, Solicitor General, and Jennifer S. Lloyd, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.

Before Ortega, Presiding Judge, and Egan, Chief Judge, and Powers, Judge.

PER CURIAM Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction for misdemeanor driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII) and reckless driving. Among other terms, defendant was sentenced to 30 months’ probation and a $1,255 fine on the DUII conviction. On appeal, defendant challenges certain special conditions of probation and $255 of the DUII fine, because those terms were not announced in open court. The state concedes that the court erred in imposing a DUII fine greater than the $1,000 fine announced in court. The state argues, however, that we should not reach the issue of the special conditions of probation, because the erroneous imposition of the fine requires a remand for resentencing and the trial court can address any error with regard to those conditions at that time.

We accept the state’s concession and agree with the state that the correct disposition is to vacate the fine and remand for resentencing. See State v. Tison , 292 Or. App. 369, 374-75, 424 P.3d 823, rev. den. , 363 Or. 744, 430 P.3d 567 (2018) (error for court to impose DUII fine greater than announced at sentencing hearing; vacating fine and remanding for resentencing under former ORS 138.040 (2015), repealed by Or. Laws 2017, ch. 529, § 26, where the record was unclear if the trial court intended to waive the $255 fee). As a result, we need not reach defendant’s assignment of error to the special conditions of probation. See State v. Coghill , 298 Or. App. 818, 820, 448 P.3d 1195 (2019) (stating that the defendant can address at resentencing the other sentencing terms the defendant contended were not announced in open court).

Portion of judgment requiring defendant to pay a $1,255 DUII fine vacated; remanded for resentencing; otherwise affirmed.

Former ORS 138.040 (2015) was repealed in 2017 as part of a comprehensive restructuring of the laws governing criminal appeals. See Senate Bill (SB) 896 (2017); Or. Laws 2017, ch. 529, § 26. Because the judgment in this case was entered before January 1, 2018, the effective date of SB 896, the former statute applies.


Summaries of

State v. Cumpston

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF OREGON
Apr 8, 2020
303 Or. App. 479 (Or. Ct. App. 2020)

holding that trial court erred in imposing fine greater than that announced at sentencing hearing

Summary of this case from State v. Frick

declining to address defendant's challenge to special conditions of probation where erroneous imposition of fine required remand for resentencing because trial court could address any error with regard to those conditions at that time

Summary of this case from State v. Frick
Case details for

State v. Cumpston

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. DALE ANTHONY CUMPSTON…

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF OREGON

Date published: Apr 8, 2020

Citations

303 Or. App. 479 (Or. Ct. App. 2020)
461 P.3d 1042

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