State v. Dentel

Defendant was convicted of several crimes, including unlawful use of a weapon with a firearm (UUW-firearm) and felon in possession of a firearm with a firearm (FIP-firearm). He raises two arguments on appeal. First, defendant makes an admittedly unpreserved argument that the trial court plainly erred by not merging the guilty verdicts for UUW-firearm and FIP-firearm into a single conviction. He relies on our opinion in State v. Flores, 259 Or App 141, 313 P3d 378 (2013), rev den, 354 Or 735 (2014), in which we determined that the trial court erred by not merging guilty verdicts for those same…