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206 Or. App. 713

State v. Johnson

Court of Appeals of Oregon

Decided July 5, 2006

Court of Appeals of Oregon · decided 2006-07-05

Decided 2006-07-05

PER CURIAM

¶1Defendant waived his right to a jury trial and, after a trial to the court, was convicted of two counts of criminal mistreatment in the first degree, one count of criminal mistreatment in the second degree, two counts of assault in the fourth degree, four counts of tampering with a witness, and three counts of coercion. The trial court imposed upward departure sentences with respect to three of the counts.

¶2On appeal, defendant challenges his convictions and sentences. We reject defendant’s challenges to his convictions without discussion. With respect to his sentences, defendant argues that the departure sentences violated Blakely v. Washington, 542 US 296, 124 S Ct 2531, 159 L Ed 2d 403 (2004), and Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 US 466, 120 S Ct 2348, 147 L Ed 2d 435 (2000), because they were based on facts that were not admitted by defendant or found by a jury. Defendant did not raise that issue to the trial court, but argues that the sentences should be reviewed for plain error. In light of State v. Gornick, 340 Or 160, 130 P3d 780 (2006), and State v. Perez, 340 Or 310, 131 P3d 168 (2006), imposition of the departure sentences was not plainly erroneous.

¶3Affirmed.

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