State v. Freeland

Defendant was convicted of unauthorized use of a vehicle (UUV) and two counts of forgery. ORS 164.135; ORS 165.013. The sentencing court merged the forgery convictions and imposed dispositional departure sentences on the UUV conviction and the forgery convictions, to be served consecutively. On appeal, defendant argues that the court erred in placing the forgery convictions in grid block 3-F. He argues that, under OAR 253-12-020, the grid block should be 3-1.

There was no error. Under the sentencing guidelines, defendant’s convictions come within grid blocks that have presumptive probationary…