State v. Mastne

In these cases, consolidated for trial and appeal, defendants appeal their convictions for robbery in the second degree. The only assignment is that the court erred in imposing dangerous offender sanctions. ORS 161.725. We affirm.

A court may impose an increased term of imprisonment under the dangerous offender statute if it finds that, because of the dangerousness of the defendant, an extended period of imprisonment is necessary. However, before a defendant can be treated as “dangerous,” the sentencing must be for either (1) a class A felony or (2) a lesser felony that “seriously endangered…