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State v. Birchard

Oregon Court of Appeals
May 28, 1991
105 Or. App. 400 (Or. Ct. App. 1991)

Opinion

89-CF-007; CA A62487

Argued and submitted December 21, 1990,

Conviction affirmed; remanded for resentencing January 23, 1991. Reconsideration denied May 1, 1991. Petition for review denied May 28, 1991 ( 311 Or. 427)

Appeal from Circuit Court, Morrow County, R.T. Gooding, Judge.

Ingrid A. MacFarlane, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the brief was Sally L. Avera, Public Defender, Salem.

Rives Kistler, 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

Conviction affirmed; remanded for resentencing.


After his convictions for attempted murder and attempted robbery in Umatilla County, defendant was convicted and sentenced in Morrow County for attempted murder. He appeals from that judgment. His sentence included a mandatory minimum for the use of a gun, to be served consecutively to the Umatilla County sentences. Although the Umatilla County sentences, including a mandatory gun minimum, had been imposed, they had not been served. See State v. Birchard (A62159/60), 105 Or. App. 402, 804 P.2d 1225 (1991).

The state asserts that the error was not prejudicial, but it concedes that the trial court erred in imposing the gun minimum sentence in Morrow County, because the Umatilla County sentence had not been served. State v. Wells, 82 Or. App. 283, 728 P.2d 533 (1986); State v. Haywood, 73 Or. App. 6, 697 P.2d 977 (1985). We agree that it was error.

Although the error was not preserved, it is apparent on the face of the record, ORAP 5.45(2), and we conclude that it was egregious and potentially prejudicial. We remand for resentencing. State v. Brown, 310 Or. 347, 800 P.2d 259 (1990).

We have considered defendant's other assignments of error. They are without merit.

Conviction affirmed; remanded for resentencing.


Summaries of

State v. Birchard

Oregon Court of Appeals
May 28, 1991
105 Or. App. 400 (Or. Ct. App. 1991)
Case details for

State v. Birchard

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. JAMES THOMAS BIRCHARD, Appellant

Court:Oregon Court of Appeals

Date published: May 28, 1991

Citations

105 Or. App. 400 (Or. Ct. App. 1991)
804 P.2d 1224

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