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State v. West-Howell

Court of Appeals of Oregon.
Feb 12, 2014
261 Or. App. 115 (Or. Ct. App. 2014)

Summary

In State v. West–Howell, 261 Or.App. 115, 323 P.3d 335 (2014), we remanded for resentencing on grounds not pertinent to the current appeal.

Summary of this case from State v. West-Howell

Opinion

11C47990 A150068.

2014-02-12

STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. Anthony Allen WEST–HOWELL, Defendant–Appellant.

Marion County Circuit Court. Claudia M. Burton, Judge. Morgen E. Daniels, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the brief was Peter Gartlan, Chief Defender, Office of Public Defense Services. Michael Seung Moak Shin, Senior Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent. On the answering brief were Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Anna M. Joyce, Solicitor General, and Patrick M. Ebbert, Assistant Attorney General.


Marion County Circuit Court.
Claudia M. Burton, Judge.
Morgen E. Daniels, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the brief was Peter Gartlan, Chief Defender, Office of Public Defense Services. Michael Seung Moak Shin, Senior Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent. On the answering brief were Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Anna M. Joyce, Solicitor General, and Patrick M. Ebbert, Assistant Attorney General.
Before WOLLHEIM, Presiding Judge, and HASELTON, Chief Judge, and SCHUMAN, Senior Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant was convicted of multiple sexual offenses, including two counts of first-degree sodomy (Counts 2 and 5) and one count of attempted first-degree rape (Count 4). Among other things, the court imposed consecutive sentences on Counts 2 and 4. On appeal, defendant argues that, in calculating the presumptive term for the consecutive sentence on Count 4, the trial court did not shift to Column I, as required by OAR 213–012–0020(2)(a)(B). Defendant acknowledges that he did not raise that issue below, but he urges us to review and correct what is a plain error.

The state concedes that the trial court erred in failing to shift to Column I, and that the case must be remanded for resentencing on that ground. See State v. Monro, 256 Or.App. 493, 496–97, 301 P.3d 435,rev. den.,354 Or. 148, 311 P.3d 525 (2013) (“We have previously considered error in failing to apply the ‘shift to column I’ rule to be plain error * * *.”). We agree with the state, accept the concession, and, for the reasons summarized in Monro, 256 Or.App. at 497, 301 P.3d 435, exercise our discretion to correct the error.

In a separate assignment of error, defendant argues that the trial court erred in failing to merge the two guilty verdicts for sodomy into a single conviction. We decline to address that issue, which the trial court will have an opportunity to consider upon resentencing.

Remanded for resentencing; otherwise affirmed.




Summaries of

State v. West-Howell

Court of Appeals of Oregon.
Feb 12, 2014
261 Or. App. 115 (Or. Ct. App. 2014)

In State v. West–Howell, 261 Or.App. 115, 323 P.3d 335 (2014), we remanded for resentencing on grounds not pertinent to the current appeal.

Summary of this case from State v. West-Howell
Case details for

State v. West-Howell

Case Details

Full title:STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. Anthony Allen WEST–HOWELL…

Court:Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Date published: Feb 12, 2014

Citations

261 Or. App. 115 (Or. Ct. App. 2014)
261 Or. App. 115

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