State v. Meade

Defendant, who was convicted in these consolidated cases following a bench trial of two counts of second-degree burglary, ORS 164.215, two counts of first-degree theft, ORS 164.055, and 15 counts of felon in possession of a firearm, ORS 166.270, appeals, challenging the trial court’s imposition of consecutive sentences on several of those convictions. Specifically, defendant contends that the imposition of consecutive sentences based on judicial factfinding violated the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution as interpreted by the court in Blakely v. Washington, 542 US 296, 124 S Ct…