Court of Appeals of Oregon, 2021

State v. Tallman

State v. Tallman
Court of Appeals of Oregon · Decided April 7, 2021
310 Or. App. 576; 484 P.3d 1132

State v. Tallman

Opinion

Submitted March 9; convictions on Counts 1 through 6 and Count 12 reversed and remanded, remanded for resentencing, otherwise affirmed April 7, 2021

STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. EMILY TALLMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Multnomah County Circuit Court 17CR41142; A170902 484 P3d 1132

Melvin Oden-Orr, Judge.

Lindsey Burrows and O’Connor Weber LLC filed the brief for appellant.

Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman, Solicitor General, and Jonathan N. Schildt, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.

Before DeVore, Presiding Judge, and DeHoog, Judge, and Mooney, Judge.

PER CURIAM Convictions on Counts 1 through 6 and Count 12 reversed and remanded; remanded for resentencing; otherwise affirmed.

Cite as 310 Or App 576 (2021) 577 PER CURIAM Defendant was convicted of fourteen counts of first- degree theft, ORS 164.055, and seven counts of aggravated first-degree theft, ORS 164.057.1 The convictions on Counts through 6 and Count 12 were by nonunanimous jury ver- dict. Defendant appeals the judgment of conviction, raising three assignments of error. We reject her first assignment without discussion. In her second and third assignments of error, she contends that the trial court erred under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution by instruct- ing the jury that it could return nonunanimous guilty ver- dicts and by receiving nonunanimous verdicts. Defendant asks us to reverse the judgment and remand for a new trial as to Counts 1 through 6 and Count 12.

In Ramos v. Louisiana, 590 US ___, 140 S Ct 1390, 206 L Ed 2d 583 (2020), the United States Supreme Court concluded that nonunanimous jury verdicts violated the Sixth Amendment. The state concedes that because the con- victions on Counts 1 through 6 and Count 12 were not the result of unanimous verdicts, those convictions should be reversed. We agree and accept the state’s concession.

Convictions on Counts 1 through 6 and Count 12 reversed and remanded; remanded for resentencing; other- wise affirmed.

On the state’s pretrial motion, the trial court dismissed one count of posses- sion of methamphetamine.

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