Opinion

State v. Brown

  • 82 Or. App. 256
  • 728 P.2d 534
  • 1986 Ore. App. LEXIS 4054
Court
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Filed
Nov 12, 1986
Status
Published
Author
Warden
On the bench
Van Hoomissen Young
Cited by
3 cases
Authority
More cited than 70.9%

The opinion

*258

WARDEN, P. J.

Defendant was convicted, in separate trials, for kidnapping in the first degree, ORS 163.235, and burglary in the first degree. ORS 164.225. The trial court imposed a 20-year sentence with a five-year minimum for each conviction to be served concurrently. It also found defendant to be a dangerous offender, under ORS 161.735, and imposed a concurrent 30-year sentence, with a 15-year minimum, on each conviction. Defendant appeals, contending that the trial court erred in finding him a dangerous offender and in sentencing him to 20 years on each felony and 30 years in each case as a dangerous offender.

Defendant first argues that the trial court erred in finding him to be a dangerous offender, because he was not examined by the psychiatrist appointed by the court pursuant to ORS 161.735. Defendant refused to be examined and cannot now argue that he was denied a psychiatric evaluation.

State v. Hunter,

58 Or App 99, 110 , 647 P2d 943 (1982),

rev den

294 Or 391 (1983). ORS 161.735 requires the court to consider the presentence report and the evidence in the case, as well as the psychiatric report. There was sufficient evidence from those sources for the trial court to find that defendant is a dangerous offender.

We accept the state’s concession that it was improper to impose both a 20-year sentence for the underlying felony and a 30-year sentence as a dangerous offender in each case. We modify the judgments by vacating the sentences for the underlying felonies.

See State v. McCormick,

80 Or App 191 , 721 P2d 471 ,

rev den

302 Or 86 (1986).

Judgments modified by vacating sentences for the underlying felonies; affirmed as modified.

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