STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
Leroy Edwin THOMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.
Court of Appeals of Oregon.
Rankin Johnson IV, Portland, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was the Law Office of Rankin Johnson IV, LLC.
Anna M. Joyce, Assistant Attоrney General, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams, Solicitоr General.
Before EDMONDS, Presiding Judge, and WOLLHEIM, Judge, and SERCOMBE, Judge.
WOLLHEIM, J.
This case concerns the scope of the trial court's authority to impose restitution on remand after defendant had successfully challenged the trial court's earlier imposition of compеnsatory fines in a lesser amount. Defendant argues that the trial court's imposition, on remand, of restitution in an amount greater thаn the compensatory fine impermissibly burdened defendant's statutory right to appeal. We affirm.
The procedural facts аre undisputed. Defendant was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.427, and third-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.415. The trial court sentenсed defendant to a term of incarceration plus a compensatory fine of $1,000 on each count. On appeal from that sentence, the state conceded that the evidence did not establish that the victims had suffered a pecuniary loss. We accepted the state's concession, vacated the compensatory fine, and remanded for resentencing. State v. Thompson,
On remand, the state argued that the trial court should hold an evidentiary hearing "to determine the amount of a сompensatory fine or restitution that it is legally possible to award." In addition, the state argued that, at such an evidentiary heаring, it should be allowed to introduce evidence that one of the victims incurred counseling expenses after *698 the date of the original sentencing hearing. Defendant argued that the trial court could not receive any evidence concerning a restitution claim of expenses incurred after the original sentencing proceeding. Defendant also asserted thаt State v. Martin,
On appeal, defendant assigns error only to the trial court's imposition of restitution, relying on Turner for the proposition that, because the $4,500 award of restitution in the new sentence is more onerous than the $2,000 compensatory fine in the original sentence, that award of restitution improperly burdens defendant's right to appeal. Defendant does not assign error to the trial court's decision to conduct a new evidentiary hearing allowing the state to introduce new evidence, including evidence of expenses incurred by a victim after the date of the original sentencing.
We begin with the applicable rule from Turner. In that case, the Supreme Court reasoned that "the possibility of a more severe sentencе in the event of a successful appeal * * * would `chill' a defendant's desire to correct an erroneously conducted initial trial."
Subsequently, we have identified two circumstances in which the general rule from Turner does not apply: (1) when the imposition of the sentence on remand does not involve the exercise of judicial discretion, and (2) when the sentence originally imposed was unlawful. State v. Partain,
In this case, we examine whether the trial court had any discretion to impose the аmount of restitution ordered in the judgment. The evidence introduced at the hearing on remand established that one of the victims аttended psychological counseling sessions and incurred expenses of $4,500 as a result of defendant's criminal misconduct. Defendant does not, on appeal, challenge the trial court's decision allowing the state to present that evidеnce. Based on that evidence, the trial court found that a victim incurred $4,500 in economic damages from defendant's criminаl misconduct.
ORS 137.106 (2005), amended by Or. Laws 2007, ch. 482, § 1, provided, in part:
"(1) * * * If the court finds from the evidence presented that a victim suffered economic damages * * *, the court shall:
"(a) Include in the judgment a requirement that the defendant pay the victim restitution in a specific amount that equals the full amount of the viсtim's economic damages as determined by the court.
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"(4) * * * [A] court may delay the enforcement of the monetary sanctiоns, including restitution, only if the defendant alleges and establishes to the satisfaction of the court the defendant's inability to pay *699 the judgmеnt in full at the time the judgment is entered * * *."
(Emphasis added.) Accordingly, when the trial court found that the victim had incurred economic damаges in the amount of $4,500, it was legislatively required by ORS 137.106(1)(a) to impose restitution in that amount. The court could have delayed the enforcemеnt of the monetary sanctions if defendant had established that he was unable to pay the judgment in full. Defendant did not establish that that еxception applied. Consequently, because the imposition of the sentence on remand did not involve any exercise of judicial discretion, the general rule from Turner does not apply to this case. The trial court did not err by imposing restitution in the amount of $4,500.
Affirmed.