State v. Thorpe

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for one count of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, ORS 165.017. He assigns error to the trial court’s order of restitution, arguing that the court did not have authority to order restitution for three separate counterfeit checks when defendant was convicted of and admitted to possessing only a single forged instrument. On review for errors of law, we remand for resentencing.

Initially, defendant and five codefendants were charged in a 17-count indictment alleging multiple counts including computer crime, ORS 164.377;…