Opinion
44601; CA A24858
Argued and submitted March 16, 1983
Conviction affirmed, sentence modified April 6, 1983
Appeal from Circuit Court, Lincoln County, Albert R. McMullen, Judge.
Guy B. Greco, Newport, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Greco Escobar, Newport.
Robert E. Barton, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, and William F. Gary, Solicitor General, Salem.
Before Gillette, Presiding Judge, and Warden and Young, Judges.
PER CURIAM.
Judgment of conviction affirmed. Sentence modified by deleting requirement that defendant serve the term imposed consecutively to any sentence which may be imposed for parole violation in Montana.
Defendant was convicted of burglary. He assigns six errors on appeal. We find merit only in the last, which concerns the sentence imposed. The trial judge directed that, inter alia, the sentence be served consecutively "* * * to any time the defendant is [hereafter] ordered to serve as a result of parole violation in Montana if the defendant is returned to Montana before this sentence is served." Imposing a sentence consecutive to an as yet unexecuted sentence is impermissible. See State v. DeChenne, 39 Or. App. 901, 594 P.2d 831 (1979); State v. Ward, 59 Or. App. 42, 650 P.2d 164 (1982).
The state agrees that, if the challenged phrase is deemed impermissible, it may be deleted without remanding the case for resentencing. See Or Const, Art VII (Amended), § 3. It is so ordered.
Judgment of conviction affirmed. Sentence modified by deleting requirement that defendant serve the term imposed consecutively to any sentence which may be imposed for parole violation in Montana.