State v. Sauer

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for five counts of identity theft. ORS 165.800. He argues that the trial court erred in imposing a sentence under the statute that was in effect at the time of his offenses, rather than the statute in effect at the time of sentencing. We conclude that the trial court did not err and affirm.

The relevant facts are uncontested. Defendant was charged by indictment with five counts of identity theft arising out of five different instances in which he converted the personal identification of his 73-year-old father during October 2002. In May 2003,…