State v. Nichols

In this criminal case, defendant appeals a judgment convicting him of second-degree theft. See ORS 164.045(2) (“Theft in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor”). He challenges the trial court’s imposition of a $3,000 compensatory fine, contending that the court plainly erred in imposing the fine. See ORAP 5.45(1) (“No matter claimed as error will be considered on appeal unless the claim of error was preserved in the lower court and is assigned as error in the opening brief in accordance with this rule, provided that the appellate court may consider an error of law apparent on the…