STATE v. SKJERVEM (2020)

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Kristian Helmer SKJERVEM, Defendant-Appellant.

A168288

Decided: March 18, 2020

Before Armstrong, Presiding Judge, and Tookey, Judge, and Aoyagi, Judge.

Ernest G. Lannet, Chief Defender, Criminal Appellate Section, and Eric Johansen, Deputy Public Defender, Office of Public Defense Services, filed the brief for appellant. Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman, Solicitor General, and Dashiell L. Farewell, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.

Defendant was convicted of first-degree burglary, ORS 164.225, fourth-degree assault constituting domestic violence, ORS 163.160, interference with making a report, ORS 165.572, and harassment, ORS 166.065. On appeal, he argues that the trial court plainly erred with respect to its sentence on the burglary conviction because it failed to make findings under ORS 137.750, and plainly erred in imposing $455 in attorney fees without determining whether defendant is or may be able to pay such fees. We reject defendant’s argument concerning ORS 137.750 without discussion. As to the attorney fee issue, the state concedes that, on this record, the trial court’s imposition of attorney fees constituted plain error under our case law. We agree and accept that concession. For the reasons stated in State v. Harris, 293 Or. App. 110, 111, 426 P.3d 252 (2018), we exercise our discretion to correct that error.

Portion of judgment requiring defendant to pay attorney fees reversed; otherwise affirmed.

PER CURIAM

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