State v. Crewse

Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.427, and received consecutive sentences on two of the convictions. On appeal, defendant raises an unpreserved argument that the court’s imposition of consecutive sentences based on a judicial determination that the crimes occurred during separate criminal episodes violated the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as interpreted by the Oregon Supreme Court in State v. Ice, 343 Or 248, 170 P3d 1049 (2007), cert granted,_US_, 128 S Ct 1657 (2008). Defendant argues that, notwithstanding…