Opinion

State v. Ayala

  • 301 Or. App. 171
  • 453 P.3d 635
Court
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Filed
Dec 4, 2019
Status
Published
Cited by
1 cases
Authority
More cited than 70.3%

The opinion

171

Submitted November 1; reversed and remanded for entry of judgment of

conviction for one count of unauthorized use of a vehicle, remanded for

resentencing, otherwise affirmed December 4, 2019

STATE OF OREGON,

Plaintiff-Respondent,

v.

FREDDY AYALA,

Defendant-Appellant.

Jefferson County Circuit Court

18CR14163; A168986

453 P3d 635

Daniel Joseph Ahern, Judge.

Ernest G. Lannet, Chief Defender, Criminal Appellate

Section, and Ingrid A. MacFarlane, Deputy Public Defender,

Office of Public Defense Services, filed the brief for appellant.

Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman,

Solicitor General, and Michael A. Casper, Assistant Attorney

General, filed the brief for respondent.

Before Lagesen, Presiding Judge, and Egan, Chief Judge,

and Powers, Judge.

PER CURIAM

Reversed and remanded for entry of judgment of convic-

tion for one count of unauthorized use of a vehicle; remanded

for resentencing; otherwise affirmed.

172 State v. Ayala

PER CURIAM

Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of possession

of a stolen vehicle, ORS 819.300, and one count of unau-

thorized use of a vehicle, ORS 164.135. On appeal, defen-

dant argues that the trial court plainly erred by failing to

merge the verdicts on these counts. The state concedes that,

under State v. Noe, 242 Or App 530, 256 P3d 166 (2011),

the verdicts on these offenses should merge. We accept the

state’s concession on that point. The state also agrees with

defendant that the court’s failure to merge regarding these

counts constitutes plain error. See State v. Trickel, 270 Or

App 250, 347 P3d 344 (2015); State v. Brown, 263 Or App

751, 752, 330 P3d 1249 (2014). Again, we agree. We therefore

exercise our discretion to review for the reasons set forth in

State v. Camacho-Alvarez, 225 Or App 215, 216-17, 200 P3d

613 (2009).

Reversed and remanded for entry of judgment of

conviction for one count of unauthorized use of a vehicle;

remanded for resentencing; otherwise affirmed.

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