State v. Hasselbalch

471 P.3d 823, 306 Or. App. 134

• Court: Court of Appeals of Oregon
• Decided: August 19, 2020
• Docket: A170906
• Status: Published

Opinion

Submitted July 2; portion of the judgment requiring defendant to pay attorney fees reversed, otherwise affirmed August 19, 2020

STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. STEFAN HASSELBALCH, Defendant-Appellant. Clackamas County Circuit Court 19CR11760; A170906 471 P3d 823

Douglas V. Van Dyk, Judge. Ernest G. Lannet, Chief Defender, Criminal Appellate Section, and Emily P. Seltzer, Deputy Public Defender, Office of Public Defense Services, filed the brief for appellant. Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman, Solicitor General, and Adam Holbrook, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent. Before Lagesen, Presiding Judge, and James, Judge, and Kamins, Judge. PER CURIAM Portion of the judgment requiring defendant to pay attor- ney fees reversed; otherwise affirmed. Cite as 306 Or App 134 (2020) 135

PER CURIAM In a single assignment of error, defendant challenges the trial court’s imposition of $462 in court-appointed attor- ney fees as part of a judgment convicting him for strangu- lation, fourth-degree assault constituting domestic violence, and second-degree criminal trespass. Defendant argues that the trial court’s imposition of those fees was plainly erroneous because there is no evidence in the record that he had the ability to pay them. The state correctly concedes that, on this record, the trial court’s imposition of attorney fees constituted plain error under our case law. For reasons similar to those stated in State v. Hunt, 271 Or App 347, 353, 350 P3d 521 (2015), we exercise our discretion to correct that error. Portion of the judgment requiring defendant to pay attorney fees reversed; otherwise affirmed.