State v. Gerhardt

The decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed. The restitution order of the trial court is affirmed.

LANDAU, J.

Defendant was convicted of strangling his wife. At sentencing, the trial court awarded the victim restitution for attorney fees that she incurred to enforce a no-contact order that the court had previously entered while defendant was in jail as well as to obtain a permanent protective order. The issue in this case is whether those attorney fees may be awarded as restitution under ORS 137.106(l)(a), which authorizes restitution when a person is convicted of a crime “that has…