State v. Wright

Court of Appeals of Oregon
State v. Wright, 875 P.2d 1174 (1994)
128 Or. App. 88; 1994 Ore. App. LEXIS 770
Warren, Edmonds, Landau

State v. Wright

Opinion

*90 WARREN, P. J.

Defendant appeals from the sentence imposed after he was convicted of burglary in the first degree and robbery in the first degree. ORS 164.225; ORS 164.415. At sentencing, the trial court imposed a condition of incarceration and stated that it would recommend conditions of post-prison supervision to the Parole Board. The judgment, however, imposes conditions of post-prison supervision and makes no recommendations. Defendant argues that the incarceration and post-prison supervision conditions are error, because they may be imposed only by the Department of Corrections, not by the sentencing court.

Defendant did not object to the conditions. The state agrees that the error is apparent on the face of the record and that defendant is correct that a sentencing court lacks authority to impose conditions of incarceration or post-prison supervision. In State v. Kelsey, 124 Or App 446, 863 P2d 475 (1993), we declined to exercise our discretion to review an unpreserved claim of error as to special conditions of probation. However, we reach the errors here. At the sentencing hearing, the court stated that it would recommend post-prison conditions to the Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision. However, the court’s written judgment orders actual conditions and defendant had no opportunity to object. Accordingly, we remand for entry of a corrected judgment. State v. Bivens, 127 Or App 83, 871 P2d 486 (1994).

Defendant did not object to the court’s imposition of a condition of incarceration at the sentencing hearing. However, the Department of Corrections, not the sentencing court, has the authority to impose conditions of incarceration. Even though the error is not preserved, because we remand for entry of a corrected judgment and the error is apparent on the face of the record, we exercise our discretion to address it. The error should be corrected on remand.

Convictions affirmed; remanded for entry of corrected judgment.

Reference

Full Case Name
STATE OF OREGON, Respondent, v. KENNETH ALLEN WRIGHT, Appellant
Cited By
4 cases
Status
Published