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State v. Sharp

Court of Appeals of Oregon
Nov 14, 2024
336 Or. App. 235 (Or. Ct. App. 2024)

Opinion

A180874

11-14-2024

STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JAMES RICHARD SHARP, aka James R. Sharp, Defendant-Appellant.

Ernest G. Lannet, Chief Defender, Criminal Appellate Section, and Timothy C. Downin, Deputy Public Defender, Offce of Public Defense Services, fled the brief for appellant. Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman, Solicitor General, and Patricia G. Rincon, Assistant Attorney General, fled the brief for respondent.


This is a nonprecedential memorandum opinion pursuant to ORAP 10.30 and may not be cited except as provided in ORAP 10.30(1).

Submitted September 25, 2024.

Coos County Circuit Court 22CR51057; Martin E. Stone, Judge.

Ernest G. Lannet, Chief Defender, Criminal Appellate Section, and Timothy C. Downin, Deputy Public Defender, Offce of Public Defense Services, fled the brief for appellant.

Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman, Solicitor General, and Patricia G. Rincon, Assistant Attorney General, fled the brief for respondent.

Before Shorr, Presiding Judge, Powers, Judge, and Pagán, Judge.

Remanded for resentencing; otherwise affrmed.

POWERS, J.

Defendant was found guilty of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer under ORS 811.540(1)(bXA), was sentenced to 18 months of supervised probation, and was ordered to "pay any required per diem fees." Defendant appeals the judgment of conviction and advances two assignments of error. First, he argues that the court plainly erred when instructing the jury regarding the "attempts to elude" element of ORS 811.540(1). Second, he contends that the trial court erred by ordering him to pay per diem fees. We reject defendant's claim of instructional error, but we accept the state's concession of error regarding the per diem fees and remand for resentencing.

Instructional Error. In his first assignment of error, defendant argues that the trial court plainly erred by giving the jury the uniform criminal jury instruction (UCrJI) on "attempt" that is used for inchoate crimes, UCrJI 1040, rather than instructing on the ordinary meaning of the word "attempt." Defendant, however, was the one who requested that instruction, thereby inviting the error. Thus, we reject his first assignment on that ground. See, e.g., Dept of Human Services v. M. A. T., 335 Or.App. 294, 302,___P.3d___(2024) (describing the "invited error" doctrine and explaining that "a party on appeal cannot take a position inconsistent with the position that party invited the trial court to take"); State v. Swartz, 287 Or.App. 601, 602 n 1, 404 P.3d 980 (2017) (concluding that, because the "defendant requested UCrJI 1227A, any error that the trial court made by giving the instruction constitutes invited error" (internal quotation marks omitted)).

Per Diem Fees. In his second assignment, defendant contends that the trial court erred by including a term in the judgment that "the defendant shall pay any required per diem fees" without having first announced that term at the sentencing hearing. The state concedes that, in light of our decision in State v. Barr, 331 Or.App. 242, 244-45, 545 P.3d 772, rev den, 372 Or. 720 (2024), the court erred by imposing the previously unannounced term in the judgment and that the case must be remanded for resentencing because the error is not harmless. We agree, accept the state's concession, and remand for resentencing as we did for the same error in Barr.

Remanded for resentencing; otherwise affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Sharp

Court of Appeals of Oregon
Nov 14, 2024
336 Or. App. 235 (Or. Ct. App. 2024)
Case details for

State v. Sharp

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JAMES RICHARD SHARP, aka James…

Court:Court of Appeals of Oregon

Date published: Nov 14, 2024

Citations

336 Or. App. 235 (Or. Ct. App. 2024)