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STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Susan Lynn KEEN, Defendant-Appellant.
Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for reckless driving, ORS 811.140, and resisting arrest, ORS 162.315. On appeal, she argues that the trial court plainly erred in failing to acquit her on the resisting arrest charge. We reject that argument without discussion. Defendant also contends that the court erred in imposing a condition of probation requiring her to report changes of address to the Department of Motor Vehicles within 10 days, which the court imposed in connection with each count of conviction. That condition was not announced in open court during sentencing but later appeared in the judgment. Defendant contends that it is not reasonably related to the offense. The state responds that we need not address that contention because the court's failure to announce the condition in open court entitles defendant to relief regardless.
We agree that the condition was not properly imposed because it was not announced in open court. Defendant contends that the proper remedy here is to excise the condition. The state responds that the remedy is to remand for resentencing. In similar cases, we have concluded that a remand for resentencing is appropriate. See, e.g., State v. Anotta, 302 Or. App. 176, 460 P.3d 543 (2020) (remanding for resentencing when special probation conditions were not announced in open court); State v. Bowden, 292 Or. App. 815, 818-19, 425 P.3d 475 (2018) (remanding for resentencing where invalid condition of probation was imposed). On remand, the parties may raise, and the court may address, whether and how the condition is one that is reasonably related to defendant's offenses of conviction.
Remanded for resentencing; otherwise affirmed.
PER CURIAM
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Docket No: A168836
Decided: May 06, 2020
Court: Court of Appeals of Oregon.
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