State v. Williams

344 P.3d 1113, 269 Or. App. 252, 2014 Ore. App. LEXIS 1895

• Court: Court of Appeals of Oregon
• Decided: February 19, 2015
• Docket: 110933689; A152597
• Status: Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for felony driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII), ORS 813.010, and reckless driving, ORS 811.140, which he committed in September 2011. In two assignments of error, defendant challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence derived from two warrantless blood draws taken from defendant at the hospital. We reject those assignments of error without discussion.

In two additional assignments of error, defendant challenges the trial court’s imposition of a unitary assessment of $132 on the DUII count and $102 on the reckless driving count. Defendant contends that the amounts imposed suggest that the trial court combined a unitary assessment and a $35 surcharge on each count. See former ORS 137.290 (2009), repealed by Or Laws 2011, ch 597, § 118 (setting out unitary assessments); Or Laws 2009, ch 659, § 2, compiled as a note after ORS 137.290 (2009) (setting out temporary offense surcharges). Defendant argues that the trial court was not authorized to impose the unitary assessments because the statute authorizing those assessments had been repealed before defendant committed his crimes and was no longer effective at the time of his sentencing. Or Laws 2011, ch 597, § 118 (repeal of former ORS 137.290 became operative on January 1, 2012). Defendant also argues that the trial court was not authorized to impose the surcharges because they only applied to offenses committed between October 1, 2009 and July 1, 2011. Or Laws 2009, ch 659, § 2. The state concedes the error with regard to imposition of the unitary assessments, but argues that the trial court did have authority to impose $35 surcharges because, in 2011, the legislature extended the surcharge to apply to offenses committed before January 1, 2012. Or Laws 2011, ch 597, § 150.

We disagree with the parties’ characterization of the monetary obligations imposed. The trial court did not separate out in the judgment portions of the obligations as “unitary assessments” and “surcharges,” which are authorized by different statutes. Instead, the trial court solely imposed “unitary assessments” in the total amounts of $132 on the DUII count and $102 on the reckless driving count. We agree with the state that the trial court was not authorized to impose unitary assessments on defendant. See State v. Wills, 260 Or App 440, 441, 317 P3d 407 (2013) (accepting state concession and reversing requirement to pay unitary assessments because former ORS 137.290 was no longer in effect when the sentence was imposed). Accordingly, we reverse the imposition of the unitary assessments.

Portion of judgment requiring defendant to pay unitary assessments reversed; otherwise affirmed.