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State v. Lynes

Oregon Court of Appeals
Oct 24, 1990
798 P.2d 1125 (Or. Ct. App. 1990)

Opinion

C89-08-26CR; CA A62542

Argued and submitted September 25, 1990.

Sentence vacated, remanded for resentencing; otherwise Affirmed October 24, 1990

Appeal from Circuit Court, Washington County, Hollie Pihl, Judge.

Sally L. Avera, Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

Thomas H. Denney, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, and Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General, Salem.

Before Warren, Presiding Judge, and Riggs and Edmonds, Judges.

PER CURIAM

Sentence vacated; remanded for resentencing; otherwise affirmed.


Defendant pled no contest to three Class A felonies: sodomy in the first degree, sexual penetration with a foreign object and burglary in the first degree. The trial court imposed three consecutive 20-year sentences and found defendant to be a dangerous offender, pursuant to ORS 161.725. The court then imposed three additional concurrent 30-year sentences. Defendant contends on appeal, and the state concedes, that the trial court erred in sentencing him both for his underlying crimes and as a dangerous offender on every charge.

The scope of our jurisdiction on an appeal from a plea of no contest is limited by ORS 138.050 to whether the sentence exceeds the maximum allowable by law or is unconstitutionally cruel or unusual. The trial court erred in applying the ORS 161.725 enhancement in addition to, rather than as an alternative to, the sentence for the underlying crime. The sentence exceeded the maximum allowable. We remand for resentencing. State v. Small, 101 Or. App. 448, 790 P.2d 48 (1990); State v. Downs, 69 Or. App. 556, 686 P.2d 1041 (1984).

Sentence vacated; remanded for resentencing; otherwise affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Lynes

Oregon Court of Appeals
Oct 24, 1990
798 P.2d 1125 (Or. Ct. App. 1990)
Case details for

State v. Lynes

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. KENNETH PAUL LYNES, Appellant

Court:Oregon Court of Appeals

Date published: Oct 24, 1990

Citations

798 P.2d 1125 (Or. Ct. App. 1990)
798 P.2d 1125