State v. Steele

This case is before us on remand from the Supreme Court, which vacated our prior decision, State v. Steele, 205 Or App 469, 134 P3d 1054 (2006) (Steele I), in light of State v. Ramirez, 343 Or 505, 173 P3d 817 (2007), adh’d to as modified on recons, 344 Or 195, 179 P3d 673 (2008), and State v. Fults, 343 Or 515, 173 P3d 822 (2007). State v. Steele, 345 Or 316, 195 P3d 64 (2008). In Steele I, we vacated defendant’s sentences and remanded for resentencing because the trial court had imposed a departure sentence based on judicial findings that defendant was persistently involved in similar…